Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
. 1970 Sep;25(5):627–630. doi: 10.1136/thx.25.5.627

Pericardiectomy in pregnancy

P M Richardson 1,2, B T Le Roux 1,2, N M A Rogers 1,2, M S Gotsman 1,2
PMCID: PMC472201  PMID: 5489189

Abstract

Details are presented which relate to a patient in whom constrictive pericarditis developed during pregnancy. Successful pericardiectomy was performed at 24 weeks gestation and a normal infant was delivered at term. The results of medical and surgical treatment of cardiac patients during pregnancy, the results of pericardiectomy, and the risk to the foetus are discussed.

Full text

PDF
627

Images in this article

628Image
on p.628

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. CANNELL D. E., VERNON C. P. Congenital heart disease and pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1963 Mar 15;85:744–753. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)35536-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. LOWE C. R. CONGENITAL DEFECTS AMONG CHILDREN BORN TO WOMEN UNDER SUPERVISION OR TREATMENT FOR PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1964 Jan;18:14–16. doi: 10.1136/jech.18.1.14. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. LOWTHER C. P., TURNER R. W. Deterioration after mitral valvotomy. Am Heart J. 1963 Mar;65:427–429. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(63)90021-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Lenz W. Malformations caused by drugs in pregnancy. Am J Dis Child. 1966 Aug;112(2):99–106. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1966.02090110043001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Marcus J. C. Non-teratogenicity of antituberculous drugs. S Afr Med J. 1967 Aug 12;41(30):758–759. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Portal R. W., Besterman E. M., Chambers R. J., Sellors T. H., Somerville W. Prognosis after operation for constrictive pericarditis. Br Med J. 1966 Mar 5;1(5487):563–569. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5487.563. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. SLATER B. C., WATSON G. I., MCDONALD J. C. SEASONAL VARIATION IN CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL OF THE COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1964 Jan;18:1–7. doi: 10.1136/jech.18.1.1. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Schenker J. G., Polishuk W. Z. Mitral valvotomy during pregnancy. Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1968 Sep;127(3):593–597. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. UELAND K. CARDIAC SURGERY AND PREGNANCY. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1965 May 1;92:148–162. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(65)90115-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. WADE G., NICHOLSON W. F., JONES A. M. Mitral valvotomy and pregnancy. Lancet. 1958 Mar 15;1(7020):559–563. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(58)91194-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES