title: Open mitral commissurotomy in pregnancy. A case report.
abstract: Correction of severe mitral stenosis by open commissurotomy during the second trimester of pregnancy is reported. The further course of the pregnancy was uneventful and at 34 weeks a healthy boy was vaginally delivered. Mother and child were in good health on discharge from hospital one month later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranyosi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Komáromy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Péterffy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second