Successful pregnancy with scleroderma renal disease and pulmonary hypertension in a patient using angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors
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1Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
|September 1, 1989
Abstract:
A patient with scleroderma renal disease and pulmonary hypertension who had a successful pregnancy with the use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors is presented. The routine use of these inhibitors during pregnancy is not recommended, however, owing to the reported potential risks to the fetus.