Pregnancy in women with Fontan physiology

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1547-1556

  Le Gloan, Laurianne ^a   Mercier, Lise Andrée ^a   Dore, Annie ^a   Marcotte, Franois ^a   Mongeon, Franois Pierre ^a   Ibrahim, Réda ^a   Asgar, Anita ^a   Poirier, Nancy ^a   Khairy, Paul ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

congenital heart disease; Fontan procedure; high risk obstetrics; pregnancy; univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ANASARCA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; AUTISM; CESAREAN SECTION; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLUID RETENTION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LABOR; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOTOR RETARDATION; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOGENESIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS STASIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755161185     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.11.158     Document Type: Review

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