Permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease.
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.
Esper
Rodrigo Barbosa
RB
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Furtado
Remo Holanda de Mendonça
RH
Tarasoutchi
Flávio
F
Spina
Guilherme Sobreira
GS
Grinberg
Max
M
Avila
Walkiria Samuel
WS
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*