• Anaesthesia · Jun 1987

    Case Reports

    Cardiovascular collapse following epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with aortic incompetence.

    • J D Alderson.
    • Anaesthesia. 1987 Jun 1;42(6):643-5.

    AbstractA death following epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with aortic incompetence and pre-eclampsia is described. Possible hazards of epidural anaesthesia in aortic incompetence are described and it is suggested that reduction of total peripheral resistance is contraindicated in such patients.

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