International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 266-272 , July 2010

Anesthetic management of a consecutive cohort of women with heart disease for labor and delivery

,Accepted 22 September 2009.

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☆ This study was presented in part at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Banff, 2007.

PII: S0959-289X(09)00186-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.09.006

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 266-272 , July 2010

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