Percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvulotomy in a pregnant woman using intracardiac echocardiography: case report.
The management of multivalvular heart disease during pregnancy is difficult, as no guidelines currently exist. Herein is reported the first case of percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvulotomy guided by intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) in a pregnant woman with multivalvular rheumatic heart disease. ICE provided excellent imaging and guidance, which resulted in a low radiation exposure to the mother and fetus.
Yap
Sing-Chien
SC
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
de Jaegere
Peter P T
PP
Ligthart
Jurgen M
JM
Serruys
Patrick W
PW
Roos-Hesselink
Jolien W
JW
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome