Drugs in pregnancy: Implications for a cardiologist

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Rakusan, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac malformations; Clinical trials in pregnancy; Drugs in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATENOLOL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; COUMARIN; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; LABETALOL; LIDOCAINE; METHYLDOPA; MULTIVITAMIN; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYTOIN; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE; RENIN INHIBITOR; THALIDOMIDE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AORTA COARCTATION; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRUG DOSE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMORRHAGE; FETUS MALFORMATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; HYPOPLASIA; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPROSY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORNING SICKNESS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OSSIFICATION; PHOCOMELIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79952563968     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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