Management of pregnancy in women with acquired and congenital heart disease

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1012, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Bowater, S E ^a   Thorne, Sarah A ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ILOPROST; LIDOCAINE; PROSTACYCLIN; VERAPAMIL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BARE METAL STENT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVERSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FETUS RISK; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL CARE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 76649104056     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.078030     Document Type: Review

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