Heart failure in pregnancy: an overview

• Published in: International journal of clinical practice (Esher) Vol. 65; no. 8; pp. 848 - 851
• Main Authors: Ahmad, W. A. Wan, Khanom, M., Yaakob, Z. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2011; Wiley-Blackwell; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Clinical medicine; Counseling - methods; Delivery, Obstetric - methods; Early Diagnosis; Female; General aspects; Heart; Heart failure; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - therapy; Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement; Hemodynamics; Humans; Maternal & child health; Medical sciences; Postnatal Care - methods; Preconception Care - methods; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - physiopathology; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - therapy; Pregnancy Outcome; Prenatal Care - methods; Prenatal Diagnosis - methods; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Pregnancy; Human; Heart failure; Medicine; Heart disease; Cardiovascular disease; Female; Review; Woman

Summary The treatment of heart failure in pregnant women is more difficult than in non‐pregnant women, and should always involve a multidisciplinary team approach. Knowledge required includes hemodynamic changes in pregnancy and the resultant effect on women with pre‐existing or pregnancy‐related ca...