ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Dalim Kumar Baidya is working as an Pain Medicine and Critical Care under the department of Anesthesiology at the university of All India Institute of Medical Sciences which is located at the New Delhi and the popular publication isMucumycosis in COVID-19 is Zinc a Silent Killer in India?
Case Report
Anaesthetic Management of a Parturient With Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Artery Hypertension for Cesarean Section
Author(s): Anshul Singh*, Thilaka Muthiah and Dalim Kumar Baidya
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), a common cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) in pregnant women, comprises of unrestricted
ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (RVOTO) and resultant right
ventricular hypertrophy. Patients with uncorrected TOF cope poorly with cardiovascular changes of pregnancy, with 10%
mortality. PAH further increases the risk of cardiovascular adverse events. We report a rare case of a 30 year old primigravida,
with uncorrected TOF and severe PAH at 37 weeks of gestation with dyspnea. Cesarean section was performed under
Combined Spinal Epidural (CSE) anesthesia with invasive monitoring, with a favourable maternal and neonatal outcome... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.21.12.1010