A Cardio-Obstetric Approach to Management of the Complex Pregnant Cardiac Patient

A Cardio-Obstetric Approach to Management of the Complex Pregnant Cardiac Patient

A 23-year-old female presented at 28.5 weeks gestation with symptomatic heart failure due to severe mitral stenosis and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. After multidisciplinary planning, she underwent caesarean delivery with mitral valve replacement 48 h postpartum. Cardio-obstetric teams pro...

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Main Authors: Amanda K. Verma, MD, Dominique Williams, MD, D. Michael Nelson, MD, PhD, Rashmi Rathor, MD, Amber Benhardt, MD, Murali Chakinala, MD, Marc Moon, MD, Kunal Kotkar, MD, Carl J. Pepine, MD, Kathryn J. Lindley, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
acute heart failure
congenital heart defect
mitral valve
pregnancy
pulmonary hypertension
treatment
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306266

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