Successful preterm delivery in a patient with severe mitral stenosis

Cardiol Rev. 2006 Nov-Dec;14(6):e24-6. doi: 10.1097/01.crd.0000201730.45576.3b.

Abstract

We present the case of a 36-year-old woman who was diagnosed with severe mitral stenosis in the 30th week of a pregnancy that was complicated by complete placenta previa and placenta percreta. With medical management, she successfully carried the pregnancy to fetal viability and was delivered by cesarean section before undergoing percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Catheterization
  • Cesarean Section*
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Fetal Viability
  • Gestational Age*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology*
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Placenta Accreta
  • Placenta Previa
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / physiopathology*