EMERGENCY CESAREAN SECTION IN A PATIENT WITH RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE WITH GESTATIONAL HTN & NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS: AN ANESTHETIC CHALLENGE

Heart disease complicates approximately 1% of all pregnancies. Cardiovascular abnormalities are considered the first non-obstetric cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. Rheumatic and congenital heart diseases are currently the most frequent cardiopathy and hypertension the most common acquired condition found in women of childbearing age. We are hereby presenting a case of chronic rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy complicated by atrial fibrillation and Eclampsia. The patient has been managed successfully and an uneventful delivery took place.