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COVID-19 in Pregnant Patients
Over the past few years, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of human life, including, of course, health care. For expecting women, the normal anxiety of pregnancy has been heightened by concern over the possible…
Pregnancy After Heart Transplant
Just over three decades have passed since the first successful pregnancy in a heart transplant patient, and in the intervening years, several hundred additional cases have been reported. Looking ahead, it is likely that many more heart and heart–lung transplant…
Nursing Considerations
Caring for pregnant women with heart disease is a complex undertaking for several reasons. First, neither nurses nor physicians have typically trained, or practiced, in both the obstetric and adult critical care settings. Second, the care of pregnant women always…
The Patient Management Plan
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Assessment of Maternal Risk and Assessment of Fetal Risk
Assessing the risk posed by pregnancy, for both the mother and baby, is an essential component of caring for women with cardiac disease who are considering becoming pregnant as well as for those who are already pregnant. This chapter explores…
The Maternal Cardiac Care Team and the Maternal Cardiac Care Facility
Need for Maternal Cardiac Care Programs A maternal cardiac care program requires the marshalling of significant resources, particularly in terms of personnel, space, and equipment. To justify these resources, we advise estimating the number of patients in need of such…
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
This chapter presents an overview of cardiac arrest in pregnancy and discusses the measures that can be taken to address it: advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), perimortem cesarean section (PMCS), and postarrest targeted temperature management. Overview: Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy…
Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy
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Cardiac Intervention During Pregnancy
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