The nineteenth pregnancy in a patient with cor pulmonale and severe pulmonary hypertension: A management challenge

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 676-678

  Al Mobeireek, Abdullah F ^a,b   Almutawa, Johara ^a   Alsatli, Raed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cor pulmonale; High risk pregnancy; Multiparity; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PULMONARY HEART DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038687114     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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