Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy: Two cases and review of the literature

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 766-770

  Higton, A M ^a   Whale, C ^a   Musk, M ^a   Gabbay, E ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Management; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; BOSENTAN; DOBUTAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; ILOPROST; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NIFEDIPINE; PROSTACYCLIN; SILDENAFIL; WARFARIN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOTOCOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COLLAPSE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEART DILATATION; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTOLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049136486     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02051.x     Document Type: Review

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