Permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease

Rodrigo Barbosa Esper; Remo Holanda de Mendonça Furtado; Flávio Tarasoutchi; Guilherme Sobreira Spina; Max Grinberg; Walkiria Samuel Avila

doi:10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500017

Permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant woman with rheumatic mitral valve disease

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2009 May;92(5):e32-5, e59-62. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500017.

[Article in English, Multiple languages]

Authors

Rodrigo Barbosa Esper¹, Remo Holanda de Mendonça Furtado, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Guilherme Sobreira Spina, Max Grinberg, Walkiria Samuel Avila

Affiliation

¹ Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

PMID: 19629280
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2009000500017

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Mitral Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Pacemaker, Artificial*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Reoperation
Rheumatic Heart Disease / therapy*