Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy

Tala K Al-Talib; Stanley S Liu; Mukta Srivastava

doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2017.09.006

Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy

Cardiol Clin. 2018 Feb;36(1):171-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.09.006.

Authors

Tala K Al-Talib¹, Stanley S Liu¹, Mukta Srivastava²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29173677
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2017.09.006

Abstract

Heart disease in pregnancy may manifest as acute coronary syndromes, decompensated valvular disease, and acute heart failure. These disease processes may represent progression of preexisting disease versus newly developed disease resulting from the physiologic changes of pregnancy. Early recognition of clinical presentations, judicious use of diagnostic studies, and multidisciplinary management of patient and fetal considerations can lead to optimal outcomes in this unique patient subset.

Keywords: Chest pain; Heart failure; Hypertensive emergency; Mitral stenosis; Pregnancy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disease Management*
Emergencies*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy
Pregnancy Outcome