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Successful delivery in a woman with ventricular septal defect complicated with Eisenmenger syndrome: case report

Eisenmenger syndrome is a dramatic complication of certain heart diseases. It is an absolute contra-indication to pregnancy because it holds a high risk of maternal-fetal mortality. Nowadays, we don´t see much of this condition, because congenital heart defects are diagnosed during childhood, infanc...

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Autores principales: Souabni, Sara Ait, Belhaddad, El Habib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10007704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36915419
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.188.32982
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description Eisenmenger syndrome is a dramatic complication of certain heart diseases. It is an absolute contra-indication to pregnancy because it holds a high risk of maternal-fetal mortality. Nowadays, we don´t see much of this condition, because congenital heart defects are diagnosed during childhood, infancy, or prenatally; and even if a pregnancy occurs, it is usually terminated as soon as it is diagnosed. Nevertheless, some women are willing to carry the risks that come with their condition. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with an undiagnosed interventricular septal wall defect that evolved into Eisenmenger syndrome during her pregnancy. A successful elective C-section was done under epidural anesthesia and close monitoring. When facing this challenging situation, there are no clear guidelines, however, premature and elective delivery is paramount.
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spelling pubmed-100077042023-03-12 Successful delivery in a woman with ventricular septal defect complicated with Eisenmenger syndrome: case report Souabni, Sara Ait Belhaddad, El Habib Pan Afr Med J Case Report Eisenmenger syndrome is a dramatic complication of certain heart diseases. It is an absolute contra-indication to pregnancy because it holds a high risk of maternal-fetal mortality. Nowadays, we don´t see much of this condition, because congenital heart defects are diagnosed during childhood, infancy, or prenatally; and even if a pregnancy occurs, it is usually terminated as soon as it is diagnosed. Nevertheless, some women are willing to carry the risks that come with their condition. We report the case of a 26-year-old woman with an undiagnosed interventricular septal wall defect that evolved into Eisenmenger syndrome during her pregnancy. A successful elective C-section was done under epidural anesthesia and close monitoring. When facing this challenging situation, there are no clear guidelines, however, premature and elective delivery is paramount. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10007704/ /pubmed/36915419 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.188.32982 Text en Copyright: Sara Ait Souabni et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Successful delivery in a woman with ventricular septal defect complicated with Eisenmenger syndrome: case report
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title_short Successful delivery in a woman with ventricular septal defect complicated with Eisenmenger syndrome: case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10007704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36915419
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2022.43.188.32982
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