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1/29. Management of labor in Eisenmenger syndrome with inhaled nitric oxide.

    Administration of nitric oxide by means of inhalation during the labor of a woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome caused by an atrial septal defect resulted in improved oxygenation and initial pulmonary arterial pressure. She gave birth to a live infant at 34 weeks' gestation but died of worsening pulmonary hypertension and heart failure 21 days post partum.
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2/29. Congenital heart disease in pregnancy.

    The clinical cases of three patients affected respectively by Eisenmerger's syndrome, marfan syndrome, coarctation of the aorta are described. All patients belonged to NYHA class I or II. During pregnancy contact with cardiologists, anaesthetists, neonatologists was maintained and this allowed accurate management. Both pregnancy and delivery evolved without any complication and with a positive outcome for mother and newborn.
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3/29. Successful management of a pregnancy at high risk because of Eisenmenger reaction.

    Informed medical care, appropriate maternal and fetal monitoring, and cooperation among experienced obstetricians, anesthesists cardiologists, particularly during delivery and the early puerperium associated with psychological preparation of the mother, were the bases of the successful management of a pregnant 28-year-old woman at high risk because of the Eisenmenger reaction.
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4/29. Eisenmenger syndrome in pregnancy.

    maternal mortality in the presence of Eisenmenger syndrome is reported to be 30 to 50% & increases further with associated complications. A case of Eisenmenger syndrome in pregnancy where the patient progressively deteriorated postpartum & expired 3 weeks later is reported.
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5/29. Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with Eisenmenger's syndrome.

    Eisenmenger's syndrome was originally described in 1897 and redefined by wood in 1958. This syndrome includes pulmonary hypertension with reversed or bi-directional shunt associated with septal defects or a patent ductus arteriosus. A 27-year-old G2 PO with Eisenmenger's syndrome presented to the hospital for management at 17 weeks of pregnancy. She was advised termination of pregnancy but she refused. An elective caesarean section was performed successfully under general anaesthesia uneventfully at 29 weeks due to severe intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Patient's postoperative complications like pulmonary thromboembolism, the advantages and disadvantages of anticoagulation are discussed. pregnancy carries substantial maternal and fetal risk for patients with pulmonary hypertension and Eisenmenger's syndrome. Although pregnancy should be discouraged in women with Eisenmenger's syndrome it can be successful.
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6/29. Anesthetic management of parturients with Eisenmenger's syndrome--report of two cases.

    pregnancy is badly tolerated in patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome; maternal mortality with coherent fetal morbidity is high. Even with the advancement of both obstetric and anesthetic managements, the maternal mortality still exceeds 25%. Once conception occurs in patients of Eisenmenger's syndrome with severe pulmonary hypertension, interruption of pregnancy is still the best manipulation to be recommended. We report two cases of parturients with Eisenmenger's syndrome, who underwent termination of pregnancy. In this report, the obstetric and anesthetic management of this kind of parturients with Eisenmenger's syndrome has been thoroughly discussed.
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7/29. Fatal maternal outcome of a parturient with Eisenmenger's syndrome and severe preeclampsia.

    Eisenmenger's syndrome in pregnancy is associated with a high maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. When it occurs with severe preeclampsia, the morbidity and mortality are higher. We report the case of a 30 weeks' pregnant woman with Eisenmenger's syndrome and severe preeclampsia. cesarean section was performed due to severe preeclampsia and an unfavorable cervix under general anesthesia. The intraoperative period was uneventful and a healthy 1300 g male infant was delivered, but the patient died on the second postoperative day due to a pulmonary embolism. This case confirms the frequently fatal maternal outcome of Eisenmenger's syndrome in pregnancy. Early termination of pregnancy is the treatment of choice.
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8/29. Successful management of pregnancy in a patient with eisenmenger syndrome with epoprostenol.

    pregnancy in the setting of pulmonary hypertension and Eisenmenger physiology is associated with a substantial maternal and fetal risk. Such patients are advised against pregnancy. We report a case of a woman with an Eisenmenger atrial septal defect diagnosed during the last trimester of pregnancy. On presentation, she was critically ill and there was evidence of fetal distress. She was emergently treated with IV epoprostenol, and her status improved. She underwent cesarean section and delivered a male infant with Apgar scores of 8 and 9. Her dyspnea improved, and she was characterized as world health organization functional class II on a subsequent clinical visit. Although pregnancy should be discouraged in women with Eisenmenger syndrome, we have demonstrated that IV epoprostenol successfully treated a woman with Eisenmenger syndrome diagnosed in the third trimester.
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9/29. An autopsied case of Eisenmenger syndrome complicated by recurrent thromboembolic phenomena in postpartal period.

    dyspnea, back pain, edema, and cyanosis developed suddenly in a 23-year-old woman during the last trimester of her first pregnancy. Although she had been noticed to have the enlarged heart and exertional shortness of breath to a slight degree, she had been apparently in good condition without any significant heart murmurs. Clinically, recurrent episodes of disseminated intravascular coagulation, including pulmonary thrombosis, were thought to be superimposed to Eisenmenger syndrome associated with toxemia of pregnancy. Anticoagulant and fibrinolytic treatments were tried, but their effectiveness was limited by hemorrhagic diathesis. She died of respiratory and circulatory failure after delivery of a moribund baby. autopsy revealed eisenmenger complex (a defect in the membranous portion of the interventricular septum and pulmonary vascular disease) and many fresh hemmorrhages in both lungs with a lot of new and organized thrombi. Fresh thrombi were also seen in the heart, the pancreas and the kidneys. The high peripartal mortality in Eisenmenger syndrome could be attributed to pulmonary thrombosis, which may be related to DIC, as well as to peripartal changes in circulatory function.
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10/29. Shunt flow and pulmonary hemodynamics during labor and delivery in the Eisenmenger syndrome.

    The Eisenmenger syndrome carries a high mortality rate in a women during delivery and the immediate postpartum period. It has been suggested that marked changes in shunt flow and pulmonary hemodynamics may be responsible. These functions were studied under various physiologic and pharmacologic conditions during labor and delivery in a patient with the Eisenmenger syndrome. Uterine contractions were associated with a decrease in the ratio of pulmonary to systemic blood flow (Qp/Qs) from 1.58 to 1.05. The Qp/Qs ratio also decreased (to 0.83) when forceps were applied during uterine contractions. Epidural anesthesia, oxytocin and the supine position did not adversely affect pulmonary hemodynamics or shunt flow. On the basis of these results, if pregnancy cannot be terminated in a patient with the Eisenmenger syndrome, it is recommended that the patient be given high concentration of oxygen and epidural anesthesia and that serial arterial blood gas determinations be performed to detect changes in shunt flow.
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