Maternal Outcome in Mitral Valve Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension: Two Case Reports

Maternal Outcome in Mitral Valve Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension: Two Case Reports

Chronic rheumatic heart disease is still the leading cause of heart disease complicating pregnancy in the developing countries. The physiologic changes in pregnancy and stress induced by the increase in cardiac output can cause asymptomatic patients with mitral stenosis to decompensate, especially i...

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Main Authors: Anuradha Alagandala, Daya Vaswani, Vuduthala Trinath Bharadwaj, Kousalya Chakravarthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2018-08-01
Series:Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Subjects:
cesarean delivery
mitral stenosis
pulmonary embolism
pregnancy
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1676912

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