Role of balloon dilatation of the aortic valve in pregnant patients with severe aortic stenosis

Br Heart J. 1993 Dec;70(6):544-5. doi: 10.1136/hrt.70.6.544.

Abstract

The outcome of unrelieved severe symptomatic aortic stenosis in pregnancy is poor. Though the valve lesion can be corrected surgically before delivery at a low risk to the mother, cardiopulmonary bypass during pregnancy carries a high risk to the fetus. Two patients in the second trimester of pregnancy were successfully managed with balloon dilatation of the aortic valve. Both delivered healthy infants and were well a year later. Balloon dilatation of the aortic valve is a useful palliative procedure in the management of pregnant women with severe aortic stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Catheterization*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second