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

Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy

Tala K Al-Talib  1 , Stanley S Liu  1 , Mukta Srivastava  2
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Review

Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnancy

Tala K Al-Talib et al. Cardiol Clin. 2018 Feb.

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.

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