Cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a pregnant woman guided with transesophageal echocardiography

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2003 Sep;26(9):1913-4. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00293.x.

Abstract

This report describes a 28-year-old pregnant woman with mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death due to a ventricular fibrillation who underwent an ICD implantation guided by tranesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*