Regional anaesthesia with a subarachnoid microcatheter for Caesarean section in a parturient with aortic stenosis

Anaesthesia

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Pittard, A ^a   Vucevic, M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Anaesthetic techniques; Complications, aortic stenosis; Obstetric, Caesarean section; Regional, spinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0031983043     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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