Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chengode S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914221 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chengode Suresh S Shabadi Rahul Vijaykumar RV Rao Ram Narayan RN Alkemyani Nasser N Alsabti Hilal H
Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 20180401 2
Pregnant women with stenotic degeneration of bioprosthetic cardiac valves may require another valve replacement procedure when their symptoms deteriorate with progression of pregnancy, but fetal mortality is higher with cardiac surgery done on cardiopulmonary bypass. Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation may help to improve the fetal and maternal outcomes in these situations. Double valve-in-valve implantation is rare and has not been reported in a pregnant patient. We report, for the first ...[more]