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Chapter 8 - Fetal Cardiac Intervention

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

By
Olutoyin A. Olutoye  and
Shaine Morris
Edited by
Olutoyin A. Olutoye
Olutoyin A. Olutoye
Affiliation:
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Illinois
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Summary

Fetal cardiac intervention provides fetuses with certain cardiac anomalies, a greater likelihood of biventricular circulation and/or treatment options after delivery. Anesthesia care for mothers undergoing fetal cardiac intervention has evolved over the years and more recently involves the use of neuraxial anesthesia with sedation. The maternal fetal anesthesiologist caring for the patient undergoing fetal cardiac intervention should be conversant with the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and planned intervention. This is important for appropriate anticipation and treatment of hemodynamic changes that may occur in the fetus immediately following intervention.

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fetal cardiac interventionvalvuloplastyseptostomyhypoplastic left heart syndromecongenital heart diseaseechocardiographyaortic stenosispulmonary stenosisrestrictive atrial septum
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Anesthesia for Maternal-Fetal Surgery
Concepts and Clinical Practice
 , pp. 103 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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