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Myocardial infarction in the third trimester of pregnancy
Author(s) -
BEMBRIDGE M.,
LYONS G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb05540.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , myocardial infarction , third trimester , obstetrics , first trimester , cardiology , gestation , genetics , biology
Summary A 30‐year‐old woman developed severe chest pain while out shopping and was admitted to the delivery suite. She was 38 weeks pregnant with her second child. A diagnosis of myocardial infarction was made and cardiac arrest occurred shortly afterwards. She went into spontaneous labour 30 hours later and was delivered vaginally. This report reviews myocardial infarction in pregnancy and considers the clinical management of this patient.