RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Role of balloon dilatation of the aortic valve in pregnant patients with severe aortic stenosis.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 544
OP 545
DO 10.1136/hrt.70.6.544
VO 70
IS 6
A1 Banning, A P
A1 Pearson, J F
A1 Hall, R J
YR 1993
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/70/6/544.abstract
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.