title: Cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a pregnant woman guided with transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophisiology, Division of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abello
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peinado
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gnoatto
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Dominguez
mesh_terms: 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*