Valvular heart disease and pregnancy: A high index of suspicion is important to reduce risks

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 69-88

  Prasad, Ananth K ^a   Ventura, Hector O ^a  

^a JOHN OCHSNER HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDRALAZINE;

AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; WARFARIN;

EID: 0034884006     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2001.08.996     Document Type: Article

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