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- Title
Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for urgent cesarean section in a parturient with a single ventricle.
- Authors
Catarci, Stefano; Sbaraglia, Fabio; Zanfini, Bruno Antonio; Vagnoni, Salvatore; Frassanito, Luciano; Draisci, Gaetano
- Abstract
The number of women with major congenital heart defects reaching reproductive age is likely increasing. We herein describe the anesthetic management of a 33-year-old woman at 37 gestational weeks with a history of Glenn surgery who was undergoing an urgent cesarean section due to pathological cardiotocography. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia was the most suitable technique for urgent cesarean section in our patient with a single ventricle and phasic flow in the pulmonary artery because it provided rapid-onset anesthesia with negligible hemodynamic effects.
- Subjects
CONGENITAL heart disease; CESAREAN section; PULMONARY artery; HEMODYNAMICS; DISEASE management
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2016, Vol 69, Issue 6, p632
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2016.69.6.632