Abstract

Introduction: Cardiac disease remains the leading cause of indirect maternal death and the commonest cause of maternal death worldwide. [1] MBRRACE-UK. Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care-Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2015 –17. Oxford: The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford 2020. Google Scholar It is therefore important to identify and optimise patients with cardiac disease during their pregnancy and birth. For this project, we reviewed the anaesthetic management and outcomes of parturients with valvular heart disease presenting to our institution over a five-year period.

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