Open AccessPulmonary hypertension and pregnancy: The experience of a tertiary institution over 15 years
Author(s) -
John Monagle,
Shashikanth Manikappa,
Brendan Ingram,
Malkoutzis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.154466
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , apgar score , pulmonary hypertension , medical record , pediatrics , obstetrics , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , fetus , surgery , genetics , biology
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in pregnancy is associated with a high maternal mortality and morbidity and has been found to be as high as 30-56%.