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Myocardial infarction in pregnancy.
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Present knowledge of the value of anticoagulants in the female patient with myocardial infarction, pregnant or otherwise, probably does not justify the use of such drugs, and the management of labour depends only on obstetrical circumstances.About:
This article is published in British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.The article was published on 1970-07-01. It has received 80 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pregnancy & Incidence (epidemiology).read more
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Acute myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy.
Arie Roth,Uri Elkayam +1 more
TL;DR: Recommendations are provided for the diagnosis and management of AMI occuring during pregnancy and the early post-partum period and the pathophysiology and clinical profile are reviewed.
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Acute myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy.
Arie Roth,Uri Elkayam +1 more
TL;DR: The clinical aspects of acute myocardial infarction in the gestational and early postpartum period in 125 well-documented cases are reviewed and recommendations for the management of this condition are established.
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Acute Myocardial Infarction During Pregnancy and Puerperium Review
Elías Baduí,Roberto Enciso +1 more
TL;DR: Coronary artery spasm associated with a probable hypercoagulability state was the most likely mechanism in the majority of these patients, followed by atherosclerotic heart disease and coronary dissection—the last being secondary most likely to hormonal changes.
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Calcium channel blockers for tocolysis: a review of their role and safety following reports of serious adverse events.
TL;DR: The use of nifedipine and other calcium channel blockers has become commonplace in the management of preterm labour and there is concern following a number of recent case studies that have reported serious adverse events after the administration of a calcium channel blocker as a tocolytic.
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Transmural myocardial infarction during pregnancy
TL;DR: Two young pregnant women with no known risk factors had a transmural myocardial infarction while they were lying in the supine position andCoronary arterial spasm related to renin release from the transiently ischemic chorion is the proposed cause.
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Heart disease and pregnancy
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Anticoagulants in acute myocardial infarction. The failure of anticoagulants to alter mortality in a randomized series.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of anticoagulation therapy on mortality and morbidity in 147 consecutive male patients with acute myocardial infarction was evaluated, and the authors concluded that antico-agulant therapy is not indicated in this disease.