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Successful epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a parturient with severe aortic stenosis and a recent history of pulmonary edema-a case report.

Xia VW, Messerlian AK, Mackley J, Calmes SH, Matevosian R

Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, CA 90095-1778, USA.

We report a 24-year-old 36-week gestation parturient with severe aortic stenosis who developed pulmonary edema during amniocentesis and subsequently underwent a successful cesarean section under epidural anesthesia. Anesthetic management and some pertinent points are discussed.

Published 27 March 2006 in J Clin Anesth, 18(2): 142-4.
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