[Heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation during pregnancy. Review of the literature with a case history]

B Schaub; D Sainte Rose; A P Brunet; B Hag

[Heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation during pregnancy. Review of the literature with a case history]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 1991;20(4):562-7.

[Article in French]

Authors

B Schaub¹, D Sainte Rose, A P Brunet, B Hag

Affiliation

¹ Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique II, Hôpital de Redoute, CHR, Fort-de-France, Martinique.

PMID: 1885893

Abstract

The authors report a case of replacement of a mitral valve and of tricuspid annuloplasty using extracorporeal circulation in a pregnancy of 23 weeks amenorrhoea with a satisfactory result for the mother and the birth of a healthy baby after 35 weeks of amenorrhoea. A review of the literature made it possible to analyse the problems occurring in pregnancies in woman who have been fitted with a cardiac valve prosthesis and who have to have cardiac surgery in pregnancy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Electrocardiography
Extracorporeal Circulation / methods*
Female
Fetal Monitoring
Gestational Age
Humans
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / surgery*
Radiography
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnosis
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / surgery*