title: Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section. Management of a parturient with severe cardiovascular disease.
abstract: A parturient with severe mitral valve disease and pulmonary oedema was admitted to the labour ward. Fetal distress was also present. An emergency Caesarean section was undertaken under spinal blockade. The reasons for the choice of this technique are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications