Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8617298 | International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia | 2018 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
In adulthood the patient attended pre-pregnancy counselling and was awaiting cardiac magnetic resonance imaging when she presented pregnant at 6â¯weeks-of-gestation. She attended the joint cardiac obstetric and anaesthetic clinic, where she was reviewed monthly and had bi-monthly echocardiograms. At 35â¯weeks-of-gestation she was admitted to hospital with preeclampsia. After blood pressure control and steroid administration, a category 3 caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia was performed. To our knowledge this is the first case report describing pregnancy in a patient with a removed heterotopic heart transplant.
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Authors
S. Churchill, L. de Lloyd, H.C. Francis, H Wallis,