A case of pregnancy combined with maternal primary pulmonary hypertension.
- Author:
So Jin SHIN
1
;
Hyung Ok KANG
;
Dong Ho LEE
;
Joon Cheol PARK
;
Jeong Ho RHEE
;
Sung Do YOON
;
Jong In KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. k1011@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary pulmonary hypertension
- MeSH:
Dyspnea;
Female;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Hypertension, Pulmonary*;
Maternal Death;
Mortality;
Plasma Volume;
Pregnancy*;
Pregnant Women
- From:Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2005;48(2):457-461
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare disorder and rarely present in pregnant woman, but it make high risk of maternal morbidity and mortality. When a woman with subclinical primary pulmonary hypertension is pregnant, physiologic increase in maternal plasma volume aggravates pulmonary pressure cause cardiac arrest and maternal death. We diagnosed primary pulmonary hypertension in a pregnant woman who didn't present any symptoms before pregnancy but had dyspnea from 2nd trimester of gestation. She expired due to sudden aggravation of pulmonary overloading. We reports this case with brief review of literature.
