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Elena De Angelis1, Costantina Prota1, Rosanna Matturro1

  • 1Department of Medicine and Surgery, Division of Cardiology, University of Salerno, Largo Città di Ippocrate, Salerno, Italy.

Journal of Cardiovascular Echography
|April 23, 2019
PubMed

Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but potentially lethal obstetric condition affecting women during labor, delivery, or also in the immediate postpartum period, when amniotic fluid, fetal cells, hair, or other debris could enter the maternal circulation. We present the first case of AFE described in literature in a 33-year-old patient with a complex history of congenital heart disease, where the crucial points for successful course were the prompt recognition and treatment of the disease and the use, for the first time, as diagnostic tool for AFE, of right ventricular free-wall longitudinal speckle-tracking strain.

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Amniotic fluid embolismanaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancygrown-up congenital heart diseasepulmonary hypertension

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