Patient 2: endocarditis on structurally normal aortic valve; repeated admissions with headache and positive blood cultures (Gram-positive cocci) 2 weeks preadmission; new murmur 2 days postdelivery; echocardiogram showed aortic valve…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 18 Management of maternal cardiac arrhythmias in pregnancy Koichiro Niwa and Chizuko Kamiya Practical practice points 1. Timely restoration of sinus rhythm is strongly advisable…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 17 Management of ischemic heart disease in pregnancy Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink and Iris M. van Hagen Practical practice points 1. An acute myocardial infarction during…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 16 Management of cardiomyopathies in pregnancy Catherine Nelson-Piercy and Catherine Head Practical practice points 1. Women with dilated cardiomyopathy should be advised against pregnancy if…
Figure 13.1 Cardiac causes of maternal mortality (per million mortalities), 1952–2002 Data from Lewis [3] Rheumatic mitral stenosis: Background and pathophysiology Many young women are not aware that they have…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Management of women with prosthetic heart valves during pregnancy Carole A. Warnes Practical practice points 1. When valve replacement becomes necessary, tissue valves are…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 10 Fetal care and surveillance in women with congenital heart disease Christina K. H. Yu and Tiong Ghee Teoh Practical practice points 1. Women with…
Figure 9.1 The five axial views for optimal fetal heart screening. The color image shows the trachea (Tr), heart and great vessels, liver, and stomach, with the five planes of…
(rad or millirad [mrad])The amount of energy locally deposited in tissue per unit mass of tissueMeasures concentration of energy deposition in tissueAssesses the potential biological risk to that specific tissue1…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 7 Cardiac drugs in pregnancy Asma Khalil, Gerhard-Paul Diller, and Patrick O’Brien Practical practice points 1. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II inhibitors are…
