Solely MRI-Guided Cardiac Catheterization for Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension in a Pregnant Lady with Undiagnosed Congenital Heart Disease

Pregnancy in women with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) can be poorly tolerated. Amongst pregnant women with CHD and pulmonary hypertension (PH), the mortality rate can be as high as 30%. Cardiac catheterization procedures for assessment of haemodynamics and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR...

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Main Authors: Aphrodite Tzifa, Ioannis Polymerou, Dimitra Loggitsi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3072869