title: Pregnancy and non-valvular heart disease--anesthetic considerations.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Gaurab
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maitra
authors.forename: Saikat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Amitava
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rudra
authors.forename: Saurabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Debnath
mesh_terms: 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