Cardiac arrest during emergency cesarean section for severe pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Meng-Han Chou (Author), Hsin-Hui Huang (Author), Yu-Ju Lai (Author), Kwei-Shuai Hwang (Author), Yu-Chi Wang (Author), Her-Young Su (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To present the correlation between severe pre-eclampsia and peripartum cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. Case report: A 41-year-old parturient, gravida 3, para 1, at 34 4/7 weeks' gestation, was diagnosed with severe pre-eclampsia. At the time of admission, a plain chest film disclosed bi...