Emergency mitral valve replacement in the setting of severe pulmonary hypertension and acute cardiovascular decompensation after evacuation of twins at fifteen weeks’ gestation - 09/09/11
Doi : 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70288-1
Abstract |
A case of critical mitral stenosis with severe pulmonary hypertension in a twin pregnancy is presented. On therapeutic evacuation at 15 weeks’ gestation the patient became critically unstable, necessitating emergency open heart surgery with mitral valve replacement. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;179:270-2.)
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Mitral stenosis, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac surgery
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 | From the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,a and the Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery,b University of California, Irvine, Medical Center. |
| Reprint requests: Manuel Porto, MD, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Medical Center, Building 25, Room 174, 101 The City Dr, Orange, CA 92868. |
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Vol 179 - N° 1
P. 270-272 - juillet 1998 Retour au numéro
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