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MR of Maternal Chest Diseases in Pregnancy

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MRI of Fetal and Maternal Diseases in Pregnancy

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Abstract

Complications of pregnancy are defined as health problems that occur during pregnancy. Complications during pregnancy can pose a serious risk to both maternal and infant health, and are associated with various adverse outcomes, including miscarriage, hemorrhage, preterm labor, and low birth weight. Four percent of developed world pregnancies are complicated by women’s cardiopulmonary disorders. This is probably related to increased age in pregnancy and increased proportion of childbearing age women with cardiac and pulmonary comorbidities. In fact, the three most common preventable causes of maternal death and disease are obstetric hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and pulmonary thromboembolism.

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    António P. Matos MD, Fernanda Garozzo Velloni MD, Mamdoh AlObaidy MD, Richard C. Semelka MD & Miguel Ramalho MD

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Matos, A.P., Velloni, F.G., AlObaidy, M., Pinetti, R.Z., Semelka, R.C., Ramalho, M. (2016). MR of Maternal Chest Diseases in Pregnancy. In: Masselli, G. (eds) MRI of Fetal and Maternal Diseases in Pregnancy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21428-3_16

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