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Second edition. Edited by Celia Oakley and Carole A. Warnes. 354 pp., illustrated. Oxford, England, Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2007. $121.95. ISBN 978-1-4051-3488-0.

Cardiac problems in pregnancy present a challenge to pregnant women and their physicians. Because of the relative rarity of heart disease in young women, most clinicians do not acquire sufficient experience in the management of such conditions. And because pregnant women are usually excluded from clinical trials, the efficacy and safety of most diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions have not been adequately tested. The available information is therefore mostly anecdotal. A comprehensive review of the literature by clinicians with experience in the management of pregnant women with cardiac problems would be useful.

The editors of the second edition of Heart . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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