Treatment of Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis During Pregnancy: A Potential Role for TAVR?

Lindsay G Panah; Jared O'Leary; Melissa Levack; Kaitlyn Brennan; Sarah Osmundson; Jennifer Thompson; Kathryn Lindley

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102134

Treatment of Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis During Pregnancy: A Potential Role for TAVR?

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Nov 23:28:102134. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102134. eCollection 2023 Dec 20.

Authors

Lindsay G Panah¹, Jared O'Leary¹, Melissa Levack², Kaitlyn Brennan³, Sarah Osmundson⁴, Jennifer Thompson⁴, Kathryn Lindley^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman presented at 22 weeks gestation with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis with a mean gradient of 94 mm Hg and an aortic valve area of 0.53 cm². After multidisciplinary discussion, she underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement during pregnancy.

Keywords: aortic stenosis; cardio-obstetrics; multidisciplinary care; pregnancy; transcatheter aortic valve replacement; valvular disease.

Publication types

Case Reports