A case of pregnant patient with stenotic bicuspid aortic valve.
Joanna LewekMarek MaciejewskiMaciej BanachAgata Magdalena Bielecka-DąbrowaPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
A 31-year-old woman, with a bicuspid aortic aorta, post-aortic valvulotomy, was listed for cardiac surgery because of severe aortic stenosis. However, the operation was postponed due to procreation plans. During the pregnancy and delivery, we did not observe neither deterioration of symptoms nor changes of echocardiographic parameters. Subsequent monthly echocardiographic studies did not reveal a significant increase of peak and mean aortic gradient.Presented case reports showed that despite physiological changes associated with pregnancy, the aortic valve defect did not worsen, which allowed to avoid dilemmas related to anticoagulation on artificial valves.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve replacement
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- cardiac surgery
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- case report
- preterm birth
- mitral valve
- pulmonary hypertension
- left atrial
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- atrial fibrillation
- genome wide
- heart failure
- early onset
- single cell
- sleep quality
- physical activity
- gene expression
- coronary artery
- dna methylation
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- drug induced
- aortic dissection