An ethical dilemma: Severe ischaemic mitral regurgitation and acute coronary syndrome in a 49-year-old pregnant woman

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-197

  Herrey, Anna S ^a   Germain, Sarah J ^b   Nelson Piercy, Catherine ^b   Kaprielian, Raffi R ^a   Bennett, Phillip ^b   Punjabi, Prakash P ^a   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ischaemic heart disease; Mitral regurgitation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77949409697     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep180     Document Type: Article

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