Sudden death during pregnancy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

European Heart Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 421-423

  Pelliccia, F ^a,b   Cianfrocca, C ^a   Gaudio, C ^a   Reale, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Pregnancy; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CASE REPORT; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0026525331     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060185     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Kolibash AJ, Ruiz DE, Lewis RP. Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis in pregnancy. Ann Intern Med 1975; 82: 791-4.
2. Evans-Jones JC. Hypertrophie cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. J R Soc Med 1983; 76: 524-5.
3. Swan DA, Bell B, Oakley CM. Analysis of symptomatic course and prognosis and treatment of hypertrophie obstructive cardiomyopathy. Br Heart J 1971; 33: 671-85.
4. Shah DM, Sunderji SG. Hypertrophie cardiomyopathy and pregnancy: report of a maternal mortality and review of the literature. Obstet Gynecol Surv 1985; 40: 444-8.
5. Oakley GD, McGarry K, Limb DG, Oakley CM. Management of pregnancy in patients with hypertrophie cardiomyopathy. Br Med J 1979; 1: 1749-50.
6. Romeo F, Ciavolella M, Pelliccia F et al. Prognostic relevance of left ventricular function of hypertrophie cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1987; 76: IV-518 (abstr).
7. Romeo F, Pelliccia F, Cristofani R, Martuscelli E, Reale A. Hypertrophie cardiomyopathy: is a left ventricular outflow tract gradient a major prognostic determinant? Eur Heart J 1990; 11: 233-40.
8. McKenna WJ, Franklin RCG, Nihoyannopoulos P et al. Arrhythmia and prognosis in infants, children and adolescents with hypertrophie cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1988; 11: 147-53.
9. Frenneaux MP, Counihan PJ, Webb D, McKenna WJ. Evidence for an abnormal vasodilator response in hypertrophie cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1989; 13: 117A (abstr).
10. Epstein SE, Rosing DR. Verapamil: Its potential for causing serious complications in patients with hypertrophie cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1981; 64: 437-41.