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. 2009 Aug;18(4):301-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.12.008. Epub 2008 May 29.

Life-saving percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on a pregnant woman with refractory cardiogenic shock

Marcelo Notrica  1 , Jorge Wisner, Lorena Villagra, Adrian Rossini, Diego Gonzalia, Mauro Adaro, Alfredo Zillo, Edgardo Izcovich, Mariano Albertal
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Life-saving percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty on a pregnant woman with refractory cardiogenic shock

Marcelo Notrica et al. Heart Lung Circ. 2009 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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