Pregnancy and non-valvular heart disease--anesthetic considerations.
Non-valvular heart disease is an important cause of cardiac disease in pregnancy and presents a unique challenge to the anesthesiologist during labor and delivery. A keen understanding of the underlying pathophysiology, in addition to the altered physiology of pregnancy, is the key to managing such patients. Disease-specific goals of management may help preserve the hemodynamic and ventilatory parameters within an acceptable limit and a successful conduct of labor and postpartum period.
Maitra
Gaurab
G
Department of Anesthesiology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Sengupta
Saikat
S
Rudra
Amitava
A
Debnath
Saurabh
S
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000502:physiology*; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery