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Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnancy

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in pregnancy may represent true cardiovascular syndromes that preexist before pregnancy or may manifest for the first time due to the hemodynamic changes of pregnancy, which by themselves may mimic cardiovascular diseases, even though physiological. This chapter describes the physiological basis of the hemodynamic changes in pregnancy which may mimic, precipitate, or potentiate adversity in cardiovascular diseases and discusses ways to identify true disease. It also details the spectrum of cardiac risk factors and cardiovascular diseases prevalent in the developing countries, explaining the mechanisms for causation of threats to maternal health and fetal well-being; the clinical presentation and management of the disease conditions.

It highlights the cardiovascular contraindications to pregnancy with special considerations on the management of complex cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy with a note on areas of future research.

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  1. College of Medicine Science, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

    Obasohan Austine

  2. University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria

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  3. Delog Nigerian Limited, Lagos, Nigeria

    Aiwuyo O. Henry

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  1. Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health Innovation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

    Friday Okonofua

  2. College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Joseph A. Balogun

  3. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Kunle Odunsi

  4. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Weil Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar

    Victor N. Chilaka

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Austine, O., Henry, A.O. (2021). Cardiovascular Diseases in Pregnancy. In: Okonofua, F., Balogun, J.A., Odunsi, K., Chilaka, V.N. (eds) Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology for Developing Countries . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75385-6_24

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