Anaesthetic management of a parturient with pulmonary stenosis and aortic incompetence for Caesarean section |
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Authors: | Campbell N Rosaeg O P Chan K L |
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Affiliation: | 1 Department of Anesthesiology, The Ottawa HospitalCivic Campus and 2 The Adult Congenital Heart Clinic, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada |
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Abstract: | Anaesthetic management of Caesarean section in a parturientwith severe pulmonary stenosis and aortic regurgitation is described.The valvular sequelae resulted from previous unsuccessful surgicalcorrection (Ross procedure) of congenital aortic stenosis. Thiscase demonstrates the importance of multi-disciplinary assessmentand careful anaesthetic planning, to avoid deterioration inperioperative cardiac performance in parturients with complexvalvular disease. Br J Anaesth 2003; 90: 2413 |
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Keywords: | anaesthesia, obstetric anaesthetic techniques, epidural heart, congenital defects |
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