title: Management of heart disease in pregnancy.
abstract: Cardiac disease in pregnancy is the most important non-obstetric cause of maternal death; such patients should be assessed by a cardiologist before considering pregnancy. Once pregnant, the patient is managed by a combined cardiac and obstetric team familiar with the special risks associated with heart disease in pregnancy. Delivery should be undertaken in a hospital equipped with specialist cardiac, anaesthetic and obstetric facilities. If the patient cannot be expected to survive in good health, puerperal sterilization is advised.
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D006347:Heart Sounds; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000009:adverse effects; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010120:Oxytocics