Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy

Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy offers clinicians the most detailed and comprehensive guide to diagnosing and managing pregnancy-associated cardiovascular diseases currently available. Covering a wide spectrum of congenital and acquired cardiovascular conditions, its extensive contents examine diseases of the heart with an expert awareness of the implications of pregnancy and the attendant physiological changes it brings. Such guidance is vitally required in an age in which congenital and acquired heart diseases are the leading causes of non-obstetrical maternal morbidity and mortality.

Featuring 36 new or extensively revised chapters, this fourth edition of the book complements coverage of the latest research and clinical advances with a complete and up-to-date bibliography of literature on pregnancy in women with cardiovascular conditions. It also serves as a practical, step-by-step companion for those caring for heart disease patients during pregnancy, labor, and the post-partum period.
Contents include:

    Coverage of all elements of maternal cardiology
    Newly written chapters featuring fresh research and data
    Guidance on performing risk assessments and interventions both prior to and during gestation
    Explanations of a range of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to cardiovascular disease in pregnant patients

Drawing on expertise from across the fields of cardiovascular medicine, obstetrics, anesthesiology, cardiac surgery, pharmacology, and clinical science, Cardiac Problems in Pregnancy is designed to give invaluable support to all medical professionals involved in maximizing the safety and success of cardiologically complex pregnancies.

Table of contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part I Physiologic changes during normal pregnancy and the puerperium

1. Hemodynamic and cardiac function
Havakuk Ofer, MD, Ouzounian Joseph, MD, Elkayam Uri, MD

Part II Cardiac evaluation of the pregnant woman

2. Cardiovascular evaluation during pregnancy
Uri Elkayam, MD

3. Cardiovascular imaging in the pregnant patient
Patrick M. Colletti

Part III Cardiac disorders and pregnancy

4. Risk assessment prior and during pregnancy

5. Congenital heart disease and pregnancy
Candice Silversides, MD

6. Native valvular heart disease and pregnancy
Uri Elkayam, MD

7. Pregnancy in the patient with prosthetic heart valves
Uri Elkayam, MD

8. Myocarditis and pregnancy
Avraham Shotan, MD, Andrey Keren, MD

9. Pericardial disorders and pregnancy
Marla Mendelson, MD

10. Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Uri Elkayam, MD, Sorel Goland, MD, Zoltan Arani, MD

11. Dilated cardiomyopathy and pregnancy
Kathleen Strgiopoulos, MD, Fabio Lima, MD

12. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pregnancy
Iris M Van Hagen MD, Uri Elkayam, MD, Sorel Goland Julian W. ross-Hasseline MD

13. Left ventricular non-compaction
 Rahda Sarma, MD, Uri Elkayam, MD

14. Acute myocardial infarction and pregnancy
Ofer Havkuk, MD, Arie Roth, MD Uri Elkayam, MD

15. Cardiac arrhythmias and pregnancy
Danna Spears, MD

16. Pulmonary arterial hypertension and pregnancy
Dianne L Zwicke, MD

17. Infective endocarditis
Ramin Ebrahimi, MD

Part IV Vascular disease in pregnancy

18. Vascular dissections and aneurysms during pregnancy
Afshan Hameed, MD, Uri Elkayam, MD

19. Marfan syndrome and pregnancy
Sorel Goland, MD, Uri Elkqayam, MD

20. Non Martan aorthopaties and pregnant patient
John Bois MD, Heidi Connolly, MD

21. Takayasu’s arteritis and pregnancy
Abha Khandelwal, MD, Uri Elkayam, MD

22. Thromboembolic disease in pregnancy
Karen Rosene – Montella, MD

23. Amniotic fluid embolism and pregnancy
Irene A. Stafford, MD, Steven S Clark, MD, Gary Dildy, MD

24. Hypertension during pregnancy
Leslie Cho MD

25. Syncope in pregnancy
Paul Gibson, MD

Part V Cardiac surgery and catheter based interventions during pregnancy

26. Cardiac surgery during pregnancy
Hartzell V. Shaff MD

27. Catheter based interventions in women with heart disease during pregnancy
Anikumar Mehra, MD, Uri Elkayam, MD

28. Analgesia and anesthesia during pregnancy Labor and delivery
Arendt W. Katherine, MD

29. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of pregnant women
Joan Briller, MD

30. Pregnancy after cardiac transplantation
Michael Moritz, MD

Part VI Cardiovascular drug therapy during pregnancy

31. Pharmacokinetics of drugs in pregnancy and lactation
Irving Steinberg, Phar.D

32. Cardiovascular drugs in pregnancy and lactation
Patronella Els Pieper, MD

33. Tocolytic therapy in the cardiac patient
Ouzounian Joesph, MD

34. Fertility control in the cardiac patient
Kjos Siri Linda, MD

Part VII Labor and delivery

35. Management of labor and delivery in the cardiac patient
Rohan Dsouza, MD, Mathew Sermer, MD

36. Cardiac effects of drugs used for induction of labor and prevention and treatment of post partum haemorrhage
Mark Johnson, MD

Index