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
- case report
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- preterm birth
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- pregnancy outcomes
- left atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- acute kidney injury
- pregnant women
- early onset
- venous thromboembolism
- single cell
- genome wide
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- health insurance
- physical activity
- gene expression
- pulmonary artery
- case control
- aortic dissection