Heart failure in pregnancy: an overview.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
The treatment of heart failure in pregnant women is more difficult than in non-pregnant women, and should always involve a multidisciplinary team approach. Knowledge required includes hemodynamic changes in pregnancy and the resultant effect on women with pre-existing or pregnancy-related cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular drugs in pregnancy, ethical issues and challenges regarding saving mother and baby. In addition, women having high risk cardiac lesions should be counselled strongly against pregnancy and followed up regularly. Pregnancy with heart failure is an important issue, demanding more comprehensive studies.
Keywords
Cardiology
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
International Journal of Clinical Practice
Volume
65
Issue
8
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
Additional Information
Division of Cardiology, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia