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A 20-year-old pregnant female with pulmonary hypertension survived following early diagnosis, early intervention, and a multidisciplinary team approach.
Case Report (n=1)
While pulmonary hypertension is generally a contraindication to pregnancy due to high morbidity and mortality, survival is possible with early diagnosis and a multidisciplinary team approach.
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Supports survival with early multidisciplinary care in select pulmonary hypertension pregnancies; leaves open generalizability and need for prospective data.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in pregnancy is associated with high morbidity and mortality of mother and baby. Therefore, pulmonary hypertension (PH) is regarded as a contraindication to pregnancy. The normal physiological changes in pregnancy are poorly tolerated by women with PH. Moreover, diagnosis is difficult because symptoms are nonspecific and several signs of right heart failure such as, hepatomegaly, ascites and pedal edema are hard to identify during pregnancy. We report a rare case of 20-year-old female with PH in pregnancy. This patient was treated and survived because of early diagnosis, early intervention and multidisciplinary team approach. The risk of complications during pregnancy remains high in patients with PH, so women with PH should be advised against pregnancy and if they become pregnant termination should be done.
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Multani et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy (n=1). Early diagnosis, early intervention and multidisciplinary team approach was evaluated on Survival. A 20-year-old pregnant female with pulmonary hypertension survived following early diagnosis, early intervention, and a multidisciplinary team approach.
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