• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Aug 2015

    Review

    Cardiovascular Catastrophes in the Obstetric Population.

    • Sarah B Dubbs and Semhar Z Tewelde.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: sdubbs@umem.org.
    • Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2015 Aug 1;33(3):483-500.

    AbstractPregnancy is a complex and dynamic physiologic state, in which the needs of the mother and fetus must achieve a fine balance with one another. Some of the most dreaded and deadly complications that can arise during this period affect the cardiovascular system are hypertensive emergencies (including preeclampsia and eclampsia), acute coronary syndrome, peripartum cardiomyopathy, dysrhythmias, dissection, thromboembolism, and cardiac arrest. This review provides emergency physicians, obstetricians, intensivists, and other health care providers with the most recent information on the diagnosis and management of these deadly cardiovascular complications of pregnancy.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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