Percutaneous triple-valve balloon valvulotomy in a pregnant woman using intracardiac echocardiography: case report

J Heart Valve Dis. 2006 May;15(3):459-64.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome