Description
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this practical guide draws on the clinical skills of a wide range of international experts to help you recognize and manage heart disease in pregnancy. Designed for on-the-spot use, this convenient and concise text helps you identify a cardiac problem, understand its pathophysiology, and respond appropriately.
Under the careful editorial direction of Drs. Oakley and Warnes, the Second Edition introduces new contributors from North America and Europe as well as new chapters on:
- pulmonary hypertension
- rheumatic heart disease
- artificial heart valves
- Marfan syndrome
- auto-immune diseases
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- rhythm disorders
- hypertension
- cardiac intervention
The entire book is scrupulously updated to reflect the most current standards of care. The contributors all recognized leaders in their respective fields outline the pathway to diagnosis and appropriate mana
Trade Review
"Heart Disease in Pregnancy appropriately emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary care and would be of interest to cardiologists, obstetricians, obstetric physicians, anaesthetists and midwives." (Obstetric Medicine, February 2009)
“This second edition is an excellent review of the modern management of heart disease in pregnant patients, written by specialists from multiple disciplines.”
Doody’s Review Service
“Concise portable text that incorporates the views and practices of international experts to aid the reader ….The highly readable text has a logical framework.”
Circulation
“Well written and easy to read … .The editors and authors should be congratulated for producing an excellent book that should be extremely helpful.” New England Journal of Medicine
Table of ContentsContributors, vii
Preface, x
Acknowledgments, xi
1 Overview, 1
Celia Oakley
2 Physiological changes in pregnancy, 6
Candice K Silversides, Jack M Colman
3 Cardiovascular examination in pregnancy and the approach to diagnosis of cardiac disorder, 18
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
4 Acyanotic congenital heart disease, 29
Heidi M Connolly, Celia Oakley
5 Cyanotic congenital heart disease, 43
Carole A Warnes
6 Pregnancy and pulmonary hypertension, 59
Joseph G Parambil, Michael D McGoon
7 Rheumatic heart disease, 79
Bernard Iung
8 Mitral valve prolapse, 96
Bernard Iung
9 Artificial heart valves, 104
James R Trimm, Lynne Hung, Shahbudin H Rahimtoola Copyrighted Material
10 Management of pregnancy in Marfan syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome and other heritable connective tissue disorders, 122
Lilian J Meijboom, Barbara JM Mulder
11 Heart disease, pregnancy and systemic autoimmune diseases, 136
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Munther A Khamashta, Graham RV Hughes
12 Pulmonary disease and cor pulmonale, 151
Claire L Shovlin, Anita K Simonds, JMB Hughes
13 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pregnancy, 173
Jorge R Alegria, Rick A Nishimura
14 Peripartum cardiomyopathy, other heart muscle disorders and pericardial diseases, 186
Celia Oakley
15 Coronary artery disease, 204
Celia Oakley
16 Heart rhythm disorders, 217
David Lefroy, Dawn Adamson
17 Pulmonary embolism, 243
Celia Oakley
18 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, 264
Alexander Heazell, Philip N Baker
19 Management of labour and delivery in the high-risk patient, 281
Kirk D Ramin
20 Anesthesia and the pregnant cardiac patient, 290
Gurinder Vasdev
21 Cardiac percutaneous intervention and surgery during pregnancy, 304
Patrizia Presbitero, Giacomo Boccuzzi, Felice Bruno
22 Genetic counseling, 316
Michael A Patton
23 Contraception for the cardiac patient, 327
Philip J Steer
Index, 343
