Pregnancy in the patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1033-1036

  Makaryus, Amgad N ^a,c   Forouzesh, Avisheh ^a   Johnson, Michelle ^a,b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Eisenmenger's syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; OXYGEN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EISENMENGER COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 33846013569     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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