Cardiac arrest during emergency cesarean section for severe pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy

Cardiac arrest during emergency cesarean section for severe pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy

Objective: To present the correlation between severe pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. Case report: A 41-year-old parturient, gravida 3, para 1, at 34 4/7 weeks' gestation, was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia. At the time of admission, a plain chest film disclosed bi...

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Main Authors: Meng-Han Chou, Hsin-Hui Huang, Yu-Ju Lai, Kwei-Shuai Hwang, Yu-Chi Wang, Her-Young Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Subjects:
heart failure
peripartum cardiomyopathy
pleural effusion
severe pre-eclampsia
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