title: [Clinical course of women with mitral valve stenosis during pregnancy and puerperium].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The clinical evolution of women with mitral stenosis was studied during pregnancy, delivery and puerperium in initial function (FC) class I/II.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-three women were divided in three groups: Group GE--Pregnant women with mitral stenosis (n = 30, mean age 28 years); 26 (86.7%) patients had electrocardiographic signs of left atrial enlargement and nine (30%) had signs of right ventricular hypertrophy. The mitral valvar area was between 0.7 and 1.9 (mean = 1.26) cm2 at echodopplercardiogram; Group GM--Normal pregnant women (n = 32; aged 25.4 years); the electrocardiogram and echodopplercardiogram were normal. Group EM--non pregnant patients, with mitral stenosis (n = 31.33 years); 19 (61.3%) had left atrial enlargement and four (13%) had right ventricular hypertrophy. The mitral valvar area between 0.50 and 1.80 (mean = 1.19) cm2. The variables analyzed were FC and occurrence of the following complications: infective endocarditis, cardiac arrhythmias and thromboembolism.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In GE group, 26 (86.7%) patients worsened the FC during gestation, 16 to FC III and 10 to FC IV. In GN group, 18 (56.2%) patients changed from FC I to FC II during the gestation and in EM group 5 (16.2%) patients changed from FC I/II to III during the study. Cardiac arrhythmias and infective endocarditis were not observed; thromboembolic event was registered in one (3.2%) patients from EM group. There were no death in all groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The large majority of pregnant with mitral stenosis that started pregnancy in FC I/II worsened to FC III/IV during gestation. Medical treatment and eventually balloon valvuloplasty were successful measure to allow a full-term gestation without mortality.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas--FMUSP.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grinberg
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Décourt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellotti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pileggi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Evolução clínica de portadoras de estenose mitral no ciclo gravídico-puerperal.