title: Case report of a parturient with cyanotic congenital heart disease palliated with a Glenn procedure.
abstract: As the prevalence of adults with palliated congenital heart disease continues to increase, so, too, does the number of these patients who will become pregnant. Practicing physicians need to be familiar with the impact that normal physiologic changes associated with pregnancy and delivery has on patients with palliated congenital heart disease. The physiologic impact of pregnancy on a patient with palliated cyanotic congenital heart disease and the management of her delivery are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0254, USA. awendling@anest.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wendling
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seller
authors.forename: Everett
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult