| Cardiac disease in pregnancy: value of echocardiography. | |
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PMID: 20424969 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Cardiovascular disease in women during pregnancy poses particular challenges. It continues to be a leading cause of maternal mortality and contributes to significant morbidity. Echocardiography is essential in characterizing the extent and effects of heart disease prior to, during, and after pregnancy. By understanding the physiologic adaptation in pregnancy with increases in heart rate, blood volume, and cardiac output, and decrease in vascular resistance, one can anticipate and recognize the effects of these changes on various cardiac lesions. Cardiomyopathy, severe, obstructive valvular disease, aortic dilation due to Marfan's disease, and cyanotic congenital heart disease are poorly tolerated in pregnancy. These disorders can be readily distinguished from normal structural changes of pregnancy and their severity assessed by echocardiography. Cardiovascular disease in women of reproductive age requires careful, multidisciplinary management by obstetric and medical teams ideally beginning preconception and continuing through the postpartum period. |
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Sarah Tsiaras; Athena Poppas |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current cardiology reports Volume: 12 ISSN: 1534-3170 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Cardiol Rep Publication Date: 2010 May |
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Created Date: 2010-04-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888969 Medline TA: Curr Cardiol Rep Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 250-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Echocardiography Laboratory, Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Medical School, 593 Eddy Street, Main Building, Room 209, Providence, RI 02809, USA. STsiaras@Lifespan.org |
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