title: Permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease.
abstract: We describe a rare case of permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease previously undergoing percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty. She presented symptomatic advanced atrioventricular block of non-reversible cause and manifest in the third trimester of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo Barbosa
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Esper
authors.forename: Remo Holanda de Mendonça
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Furtado
authors.forename: Flávio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tarasoutchi
authors.forename: Guilherme Sobreira
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Spina
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grinberg
authors.forename: Walkiria Samuel
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Avila
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012086:Reoperation; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000628:therapy*