Successful pregnancy with scleroderma renal disease and pulmonary hypertension in a patient using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

B A Baethge; R E Wolf

doi:10.1136/ard.48.9.776

Successful pregnancy with scleroderma renal disease and pulmonary hypertension in a patient using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors

Ann Rheum Dis. 1989 Sep;48(9):776-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.48.9.776.

Authors

B A Baethge¹, R E Wolf

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport.

Abstract

A patient with scleroderma renal disease and pulmonary hypertension who had a successful pregnancy with the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors is presented. The routine use of these inhibitors during pregnancy is not recommended, however, owing to the reported potential risks to the fetus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
Infant, Newborn
Kidney Diseases / complications*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications* / drug therapy
Scleroderma, Systemic / complications*

Substances

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors