title: Anesthetic management of labor in a patient with dextrocardia, congenitally corrected transposition, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and congestive heart failure.
abstract: Labor and delivery greatly stress the cardiovascular system. In this patient with underlying congenital heart disease and congestive heart failure, hemodynamic stability was maintained with a combination of lumbar epidural and caudal epidural anesthesia.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Ohio State University Hospitals, Columbus 43210.
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Sellers
authors: F E
authors: FE
authors: Block
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D003914:Dextrocardia; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006333:Heart Failure; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome