Cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a pregnant woman guided with transesophageal echocardiography.
This report describes a 28-year-old pregnant woman with mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death due to a ventricular fibrillation who underwent an ICD implantation guided by tranesophageal echocardiography.
Abello
Mauricio
M
Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophisiology, Division of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Peinado
Rafael
R
Merino
José Luis
JL
Gnoatto
Mariana
M
Mateos
Marta
M
Silvestre
Jorge
J
Dominguez
José Luis
JL
D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*