Successful pregnancy in a patient with double outlet left ventricle after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve.
A woman with double outlet left ventricle (DOLV) had undergone a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic Björk Shiley valve and who was receiving anticoagulant drug delivered a healthy male infant. Oral warfarin was replaced by heparin from the 5th to the 13th week of gestation and for the last 5 weeks of gestation. Successful pregnancy in patients with DOLV after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve is possible with careful maintenance.
Fukuda
Tsuyoshi
T
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan. fukuda@kpcd.med.kindai.ac.jp
Oku
Hidetaka
H
Nakamoto
Susumu
S
Mukobayashi
Manabu
M
Koike
Eiji
E
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011664:Pulmonary Valve; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D014859:Warfarin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin