Percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvuloplasty in a pregnant woman

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1991 Dec;24(4):288-94. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810240416.

Abstract

A 22-yr-old pregnant woman with mitral, aortic, and tricuspid stenosis presented with accelerating dyspnea and shortness of breath at the end of her first trimester. She subsequently underwent percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvuloplasty at 22 weeks of gestation without complications and achieved marked clinical improvement. We conclude that percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvuloplasty represents an alternative treatment for mitral, aortic, and tricuspid stenosis in pregnant women with compromised cardiovascular status who do not wish to terminate their pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Catheterization*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Valve Diseases / therapy*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*
  • Punctures
  • Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / therapy