Pregnancy stresses the heart and circulatory system. During pregnancy, blood volume increases by 30 to 50 percent. The amount of blood the heart pumps each minute also increases by 30 to 50 percent, and heart rate increases as well. These changes cause the heart to work harder, as do labor and delivery. This issue covers diagnosis and treatment of cardiac symptoms and cardiac emergencies during pregnancy.
| ISBN: | 9781455748907 |
| Publication date: | 13th August 2012 |
| Author: | Gagan Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Sahni, Uri University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Elkayam |
| Publisher: | W B Saunders Co Ltd an imprint of Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | The Clinics: Internal Medicine |
| Genres: |
Cardiovascular medicine Materno-foetal medicine / perinatology |