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Offers comprehensive information on caring for women with heart disease, in an�easy-to-follow, quick-access format.�
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Shares knowledge from a�multidisciplinary group of experts�who are well versed in the team approach needed to treat this high-risk patient population.�
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Includes�extensive references�for readers who want to delve more deeply into specific subjects.�
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Ideal for obstetricians, internists, cardiologists, critical care specialists, and advanced practice nurses involved in caring for pregnant patients, as well as institutions and departments that need�detailed guidance�on establishing a maternal cardiac care program.�
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase.�Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.�
Table of Contents
PREFACE
UNIT I: NORMAL PREGNANCY
UNIT II: PREGNANCY IN WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE
UNIT III: SPECIFIC CARDIAC CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED IN PREGNANT WOMEN
UNIT IV: PHARMACOLOGY
UNIT V: ANESTHESIA
UNIT VI: EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION FOR CARDIAC CONDITIONS DURING PREGNANCY
UNIT VII: THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE MANAGEMENT PLAN
UNIT VIII: MISCELLANEOUS
Authors
John H. Wilson Dr. Wilson is a cardiologist/electrophysiologist who has practiced clinical electrophysiology for 30 years. For many years he was the director of electrophysiology and section head of cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. He is board certified in cardiology and electrophysiology, and he trained in both at the Cleveland Clinic. He has a long-standing interest in obstetrics. William Thomas Schnettler Dr. Schnettler is a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist and director of the TriHealth Center for Maternal Cardiac and Critical Care. His research and clinical focus lie in deepening the underlying physiologic adaptation to pregnancy among women with cardiac and critical illness. Adam M. Lubert Assistant ProfessorAdult Congenital Heart Disease. Dr. Lubert is an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and a board-certified adult congenital cardiologist practicing at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He staffs the pregnancy clinics at the University of Cincinnati's Cardiac Care in Pregnancy Clinic and the Good Samaritan Hospital's Center for Maternal Cardiac Care clinic. Andrea Kelley Girnius Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Department of Anesthesiology. Dr. Girnius is a practicing board-certified anesthesiologist who is fellowship trained in both cardiac and obstetric anesthesiology. She completed her training at Brigham and Women's Hospital and at the University of Cincinnati, and currently, she practices at the University of Cincinnati. Her primary clinical and academic focus lies in the safe obstetric and anesthetic care of pregnant women with cardiac disease. She is the primary anesthesiologist for the University of Cincinnati's Cardiac Care in Pregnancy Clinic.
