Emergency mitral valve replacement in the setting of severe pulmonary hypertension and acute cardiovascular decompensation after evacuation of twins at fifteen weeks’ gestation
| Autor: | Keith D. Balderston, Imelda Tio, Jeffrey C. Milliken, Krishnansu S. Tewari, Manuel Porto |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hypertension Pulmonary medicine.medical_treatment Pregnancy Complications Cardiovascular Twins Gestational Age Pulmonary Edema Pregnancy Internal medicine medicine Humans Mitral Valve Stenosis Decompensation cardiovascular diseases Abortion Therapeutic Emergency Treatment Twin Pregnancy Heart Failure business.industry Mitral valve replacement Obstetrics and Gynecology Thoracic Surgical Procedures medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Surgery Stenosis Pregnancy Trimester Second Acute Disease cardiovascular system Cardiology Gestation Female business |
| Zdroj: | Tio, I; Tewari, K; Balderston, KD; Milliken, JC; & Porto, M. (1998). Emergency mitral valve replacement in the setting of severe pulmonary hypertension and acute cardiovascular decompensation after evacuation of twins at fifteen weeks' gestation. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 179(1), 270-272. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70288-1. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/3915b1rn |
| ISSN: | 0002-9378 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70288-1 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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