Heart Disease in Pregnancy

✍ Scribed by Celia Oakley, Carole A. Warnes

• Publisher: BMJ Books
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 365
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The new edition of this practical guide draws on the clinical skills of a wide range of international experts to help you recognize and manage heart disease in pregnancy. Designed for on-the-spot use, this convenient and concise text helps you identify a cardiac problem, understand its pathophysiology, and respond appropriately.

Under the careful editorial direction of Drs. Oakley and Warnes, the Second Edition introduces new contributors from North America and Europe as well as new chapters on:

• pulmonary hypertension
• rheumatic heart disease
• artificial heart valves
• Marfan syndrome
• auto-immune diseases
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• rhythm disorders
• hypertension
• cardiac intervention

The entire book is scrupulously updated to reflect the most current standards of care. The contributors – all recognized leaders in their respective fields – outline the pathway to diagnosis and appropriate management by a multi-disciplinary team.

Although heart disease is the leading medical cause of maternal death, clinical trials in this population are few and the evidence base is small. The expert recommendations in Heart Disease in Pregnancy , Second Edition, are a welcome source of information for cardiologists, obstetricians, general practitioners, and all members of the patient care team.

✦ Table of Contents

cover......Page 1
Front.pdf......Page 2
1......Page 12
2......Page 17
3......Page 29
4......Page 40
5......Page 54
6......Page 70
7......Page 90
8......Page 107
9......Page 115
10......Page 133
11......Page 147
12......Page 162
13......Page 184
14......Page 197
15......Page 215
16......Page 228
17......Page 254
18......Page 275
19......Page 292
20......Page 301
21......Page 315
22......Page 327
23......Page 338
index......Page 354