Life-saving Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty on a Pregnant Woman with Refractory Cardiogenic Shock

Life-saving Percutaneous Mitral Valvuloplasty on a Pregnant Woman with Refractory Cardiogenic Shock

Pregnancy increases body blood volume and cardiac output. These changes can exacerbate mitral stenosis symptoms. Symptomatic mitral stenosis during pregnancy has been successfully treated with percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty (PMV). We present the case of a 35-year-old white female who developed ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:Heart, lung & circulation lung & circulation, 2009-08, Vol.18 (4), p.301-304
Hauptverfasser: Notrica, Marcelo, MD, Wisner, Jorge, MD, Villagra, Lorena, MD, Rossini, Adrian, Gonzalia, Diego, MD, Adaro, Mauro, MD, Zillo, Alfredo, MD, Izcovich, Edgardo, MD, Albertal, Mariano, MD, PhD
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Cardiovascular
Catheterization
Emergent valvuloplasty
Female
Humans
Mitral stenosis
Mitral Valve Stenosis - complications
Mitral Valve Stenosis - therapy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - therapy
Shock, Cardiogenic - complications
Shock, Cardiogenic - etiology
Shock, Cardiogenic - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Pregnancy increases body blood volume and cardiac output. These changes can exacerbate mitral stenosis symptoms. Symptomatic mitral stenosis during pregnancy has been successfully treated with percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty (PMV). We present the case of a 35-year-old white female who developed cardiogenic shock due to severe mitral stenosis at the 22nd week of gestation and it was successfully treated with emergent PMV. This case illustrates the ability of PMV to be life-saving in such extreme conditions.
ISSN:1443-9506
1444-2892
DOI:10.1016/j.hlc.2007.12.008