Maternal Cardiac Care
A Guide to Managing Pregnant Women with Heart Disease
- 1st Edition - July 3, 2022
- Latest edition
- Authors: John H. Wilson, William Thomas Schnettler, Adam M. Lubert, Andrea Kelley Girnius
- Language: English
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Cardiology**Heart disease is currently the leading cause of maternal mortality in developed countries and is expected to increase further… Read more
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Description
**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Cardiology**
Heart disease is currently the leading cause of maternal mortality in developed countries and is expected to increase further due to advanced maternal age and conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Maternal Cardiac Care: A Guide to Managing Pregnant Women with Heart Disease is an up-to-date, multidisciplinary resource for physicians and advanced practice nurses caring for pregnant patients with a variety of preexisting and emerging cardiac issues.
Heart disease is currently the leading cause of maternal mortality in developed countries and is expected to increase further due to advanced maternal age and conditions such as type 2 diabetes. Maternal Cardiac Care: A Guide to Managing Pregnant Women with Heart Disease is an up-to-date, multidisciplinary resource for physicians and advanced practice nurses caring for pregnant patients with a variety of preexisting and emerging cardiac issues.
Key features
Key features
Offers comprehensive information on caring for women with heart disease, in an easy-to-follow, quick-access format.
Shares knowledge from a multidisciplinary group of experts who are well versed in the team approach needed to treat this high-risk patient population.
Includes extensive references for readers who want to delve more deeply into specific subjects.
Ideal for obstetricians, internists, cardiologists, critical care specialists, and advanced practice nurses involved in caring for pregnant patients, as well as institutions and departments that need detailed guidance on establishing a maternal cardiac care program.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Readership
Readership
Physicians and advanced-practice nurses involved in caring for pregnant patients
Table of contents
Table of contents
UNIT I Normal Pregnancy
1 Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy
2 The Cardiac Physical Examination in Pregnancy
3 Obstetric Care for Nonobstetricians
UNIT II Pregnancy in Women With Heart Disease
4 Prepregnancy Counseling
5 Cardiac Conditions That May Affect Pregnancy
6 Obstetric Events That Affect Cardiac Patients
7 Managing Specific Cardiac Conditions During Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery
UNIT III Specific Cardiac Conditions Encountered in Pregnant Women
8 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
9 Endocarditis in Pregnancy
10 Arrhythmias During Pregnancy
11 Fetal Tachycardia
UNIT IV Pharmacology
12 An Overview: Pharmacology During Pregnancy
13 The Use of Cardiac Drugs During Pregnancy
14 Anticoagulation During Pregnancy
15 Cardiac Effects of Drugs Commonly Used in Obstetrics
UNIT V Anesthesia
16 Cardiac Effects of Anesthetic Agents That May Be Used in Labor and Delivery
17 Anesthesia for Cardiac Patients During Labor And Delivery
18 Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Procedures During Pregnancy
UNIT VI Evaluation and Intervention for Cardiac Conditions During Pregnancy
19 Cardiac Testing During Pregnancy
20 Cardiac Intervention During Pregnancy
21 Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy
22 Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
UNIT VII The Management Team and the Management Plan
23 The Maternal Cardiac Care Team and the Maternal Cardiac Care Facility
24 Assessment of Maternal Risk and Assessment of Fetal Risk
25 The Patient Management Plan
26 Nursing Considerations
UNIT VIII Miscellaneous
27 Pregnancy After Heart Transplant
28 COVID-19 in Pregnant Patients
29 Breastfeeding
30 Contraception
31 Termination of Pregnancy
32 Infertility Treatment
33 Genetic Counseling
34 Substance Abuse in Pregnancy
35 The Placenta
Appendix: Normal Lab Values in Pregnancy
Index
1 Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy
2 The Cardiac Physical Examination in Pregnancy
3 Obstetric Care for Nonobstetricians
UNIT II Pregnancy in Women With Heart Disease
4 Prepregnancy Counseling
5 Cardiac Conditions That May Affect Pregnancy
6 Obstetric Events That Affect Cardiac Patients
7 Managing Specific Cardiac Conditions During Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery
UNIT III Specific Cardiac Conditions Encountered in Pregnant Women
8 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
9 Endocarditis in Pregnancy
10 Arrhythmias During Pregnancy
11 Fetal Tachycardia
UNIT IV Pharmacology
12 An Overview: Pharmacology During Pregnancy
13 The Use of Cardiac Drugs During Pregnancy
14 Anticoagulation During Pregnancy
15 Cardiac Effects of Drugs Commonly Used in Obstetrics
UNIT V Anesthesia
16 Cardiac Effects of Anesthetic Agents That May Be Used in Labor and Delivery
17 Anesthesia for Cardiac Patients During Labor And Delivery
18 Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Procedures During Pregnancy
UNIT VI Evaluation and Intervention for Cardiac Conditions During Pregnancy
19 Cardiac Testing During Pregnancy
20 Cardiac Intervention During Pregnancy
21 Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy
22 Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
UNIT VII The Management Team and the Management Plan
23 The Maternal Cardiac Care Team and the Maternal Cardiac Care Facility
24 Assessment of Maternal Risk and Assessment of Fetal Risk
25 The Patient Management Plan
26 Nursing Considerations
UNIT VIII Miscellaneous
27 Pregnancy After Heart Transplant
28 COVID-19 in Pregnant Patients
29 Breastfeeding
30 Contraception
31 Termination of Pregnancy
32 Infertility Treatment
33 Genetic Counseling
34 Substance Abuse in Pregnancy
35 The Placenta
Appendix: Normal Lab Values in Pregnancy
Index
Review quotes
Review quotes
"This multi-authored reference book is ideal for those caring for pregnant patients with a variety of preexisting and emerging cardiac issues." ©Doody’s Review Service, 2023 Nancy Helmey, B.S. (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 5 Stars!
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
JW
John H. Wilson
Dr. Wilson is a cardiologist/electrophysiologist who has practiced clinical electrophysiology for 30 years. For many years he was the director of electrophysiology and section head of cardiology at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati. He is board certified in cardiology and electrophysiology, and he trained in both at the Cleveland Clinic. He has a long-standing interest in obstetrics.
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William Thomas Schnettler
Dr. Schnettler is a board-certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist and director of the TriHealth Center for Maternal Cardiac and Critical Care. His research and clinical focus lie in deepening the underlying physiologic adaptation to pregnancy among women with cardiac and critical illness.
AL
Adam M. Lubert
Dr. Lubert is an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and a board-certified adult congenital cardiologist practicing at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He staffs the pregnancy clinics at the University of Cincinnati's Cardiac Care in Pregnancy Clinic and the Good Samaritan Hospital's Center for Maternal Cardiac Care clinic.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor
Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseAG
Andrea Kelley Girnius
Dr. Girnius is a practicing board-certified anesthesiologist who is fellowship trained in both cardiac and obstetric anesthesiology. She completed her training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and at the University of Cincinnati, and currently, she practices at the University of Cincinnati. Her primary clinical and academic focus lies in the safe obstetric and anesthetic care of pregnant women with cardiac disease. She is the primary anesthesiologist for the University of Cincinnati’s Cardiac Care in Pregnancy Clinic.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
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