Key result
Individualized anesthetic management and multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics care improve outcomes in pregnant women with heart disease.
Why the study?
Cardiac disease in pregnancy is an important cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in India, requiring early identification and multidisciplinary peri-pregnancy management.
Multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics care, with individualized anesthetic management, is crucial for improving outcomes in pregnant women with heart disease.
Supports multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics teams; leaves open outcome gains pending prospective trials.
Cardiac disease in pregnancy, whether congenital or acquired, is an important cause of maternal mortality and morbidity in India. Appropriate peri-pregnancy multidisciplinary management by a cardio-obstetrics team is essential to improve outcomes. The anesthesiologist is an integral part of this team and is involved in providing analgesia for labor, anesthesia for cesarean delivery, and the management of critically ill patients with cardiac or obstetric complications. The type of anesthesia and the extent of monitoring depends on the type and severity of the cardiac disease and the clinical presentation. It is important to identify high-risk patients early and formulate individualized anesthesia management strategies. This review summarizes the important aspects of the anesthetic care of these patients.
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Khanna et al. (2026) conducted a review in Pregnant women with heart disease. Anesthetic management was evaluated. Individualized anesthetic management and multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics care are essential for improving outcomes in pregnant women with heart disease.
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