Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease [electronic resource] / edited by Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Mark R. Johnson.

Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Series:

Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults, 2364-6659
Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults, 2364-6659

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource (X, 280 pages 39 illustrations, 31 illustrations in color.)

Subjects:

Medicine.
Obstetrics.
Cardiology.
Heart -- Surgery.

Local subjects:

Medicine & Public Health.
Cardiology.
Obstetrics/Perinatology.
Cardiac Surgery.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book describes the risks facing patients with congenital heart disease who wish to become pregnant and the ways in which these patients can best be followed and treated during pregnancy. In addition, the organization of care around the delivery is discussed in detail. The first section provides clear advice on pre-pregnancy risk estimation, counseling of patients, medication use, and inheritance. The specific risks associated with congenital heart defects of differing severity are then explained, with guidance on monitoring and management. The coverage includes simple lesions such as atrial and ventricular septal defects, conditions associated with moderate risk, including tetralogy of Fallot and coarctation, and complex disease such as a Fontan or Mustard repair. The final section is devoted to delivery and considers the mode of delivery, anesthetic use, and postpartum care. Readers will find much information that is underreported in the literature, and the book goes well beyond the European Society of Cardiology guidelines, for example, by considering medical conditions not defined as high risk and addressing the organization of care thoroughly.

Contents:

Fetal Heart Disease
Contraception and Cardiovascular Disease
Pre-conception Counseling
Inheritance of Congenital Heart Disease
Care During Pregnancy
The Management of Labour and the Postpartum Period in CHD
Pregnancy in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Transposition of the Great Arteries
Shunt Lesions
Aortic Stenosis
Pregnancy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Aortopathy
Aortic Coarctation
Ebstein Anomaly
Fontan
Cyanotic lesions
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonic stenosis.

Contributor:

Roos-Hesselink, Jolien W. editor.
Johnson, Mark R. (Vice President of technology) editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Other format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319389134

Publisher Number:

10.1007/978-3-319-38913-4 doi

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to full text
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/2216951

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