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Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery during Pregnancy

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Principles of Medical Therapy in Pregnancy

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Over the past 25 years the incidence of heart disease during pregnancy has declined from 3.6% to approximatel, 1.6% (Fig. 113–1).1–8 Rheumatic heart disease accounts for most cases. The number of pregnant patients with congenital heart disease has been increasing because women with congenital heart defects now reach childbearing age as a result of improvements in medical and surgical therapy. 2,5,9

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  1. Therese K. Abboud
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  1. Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Norbert Gleicher M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman)

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Norbert Gleicher M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Professor of Immunology/Microbiology, Chairman)

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Abboud, T.K., Viljoen, J.F. (1985). Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery during Pregnancy. In: Gleicher, N. (eds) Principles of Medical Therapy in Pregnancy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2415-7_113

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