Cardiac Drugs in Pregnancy
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-5471-6 (ISBN)
The spectrum of
cardiovascular disease affecting women in pregnancy and postpartum is changing
and differs between countries. In the western world, the risk of cardiovascular
disease in pregnancy has increased due to the increasing age at the first
pregnancy and the worldwide obesity epidemic leading also to early diabetes and
hypertension. In addition the treatment of congenital heart disease has
improved leading to an increased number of women with residual heart disease
reaching childbearing age. In the western world maternal heart disease is now
the major cause of maternal death during pregnancy. In the developing world
rheumatic heart disease and the cardiomyopathies dominate. Those women often
need anticoagulation as they might have had a valve replacement or formed a
thrombus in the left heart. Drugs during pregnancy and the breastfeeding period
is a complex subject and there is a profound shortage of evidence based
recommendations. As drug treatment in pregnancy concern the mother and the
fetus optimum treatment of both must be targeted.
This book aims at discussing the most important indications of drug
usage in pregnancy and postpartum with the aim of weighing the potential risk
of a drug and the possible benefit against each other.
Professor Karen Sliwa-Hähnle, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, DTM&H, is Director of the Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa (HICRA) and Professor at the Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor John Anthony, MB, ChB, FCOG, MPhil, is Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Introduction.- General principles and
guidelines.- Management of Hypertension.- Management of Heart Failure.-
Management of coronary artery
disease & Arrhythmia.- Anticoagulation in Pregnancy.- Obstetric drugs in
management if Cardiovascular disease.- Pregnancy anaesthesia in patients with
cardiovascular disease.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.12.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Current Cardiovascular Therapy |
| Zusatzinfo | 2 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 131 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | England |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4471-5471-1 / 1447154711 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4471-5471-6 / 9781447154716 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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