Anesthetic Management for Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy Complicated by Postoperative Threatened Abortion

Affiliations

¹ Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Divisions of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic and Critical Care Sections, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Section, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: rfernan@wakehealth.edu.

Alexander F Pitfield et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;37(1):158-166.

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.09.098. Epub 2022 Oct 3.

¹ Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia, Providence Health Care, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁵ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Division, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Divisions of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic and Critical Care Sections, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC.
⁸ Department of Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic Section, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston Salem, NC. Electronic address: rfernan@wakehealth.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac surgery; infective endocarditis; parturient; pregnancy; threatened abortion.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest None.