PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Banning, A P
AU  - Pearson, J F
AU  - Hall, R J
TI  - Role of balloon dilatation of the aortic valve in pregnant patients with severe aortic stenosis.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.70.6.544
DP  - 1993 Dec 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 544--545
VI  - 70
IP  - 6
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/6/544.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/6/544.full
SO  - Heart1993 Dec 01; 70
AB  - 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.