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Pregnancy complicated by chronic cardiomyopathy and an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
J M Piper1, M Berkus, L E Ridgway
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
The dismal prognosis of dilated cardiomyopathy and its resulting tachyarrhythmias has recently been improved by technical advances such as the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. We report a successful pregnancy in a patient with chronic cardiomyopathy and malignant tachyarrhythmias necessitating use of this device, with a documented defibrillator discharge and monitored fetal response.