title: Heart disease in pregnancy: an update.
abstract: New approaches to the diagnosis and functional evaluation of cardiac disease have brought some changes in the means by which the obstetrician should manage cardiac disease in pregnancy. The normal cardiovascular changes in pregnancy and their implications to some specific disorders are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kirschbaum
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology