title: Managing severe mitral valve stenosis in pregnant patients--percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty, not surgery, is the treatment of choice.
authors.forename: Branko M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy