Primary pulmonary hypertension and pregnancy.
To the best of our knowledge no recent literature on pregnancy in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension is available. In this case report a patient is presented who possibly suffered from primary pulmonary hypertension. The clinical course is described and some data from the literature are presented. The patient died post partum probably due to this disease; however, the postmortem examination, which undoubtedly could have proven this, was refused.
D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis