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Heart, lung & circulation · Aug 2009
Case ReportsLife-saving percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on a pregnant woman with refractory cardiogenic shock.
- Marcelo Notrica, Jorge Wisner, Lorena Villagra, Adrian Rossini, Diego Gonzalia, Mauro Adaro, Alfredo Zillo, Edgardo Izcovich, and Mariano Albertal.
- Instituto de Terapeutica Cardiovascular, Departamento de Cardiologia Intervencionista, Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Heart Lung Circ. 2009 Aug 1; 18 (4): 301-4.
AbstractPregnancy 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.
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