MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY IN PREGNANCY - LIMITING RADIATION AND PROCEDURE TIME BY USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
POIRIER P CHAMPAGNE J ALAIN P MARTINEAU A MARQUIS Y DUMESNIL JG BOUDREAULT JR
Citation
P. Poirier et al., MITRAL BALLOON VALVULOPLASTY IN PREGNANCY - LIMITING RADIATION AND PROCEDURE TIME BY USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Canadian journal of cardiology, 13(9), 1997, pp. 843-845
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Canadian journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0828282X
Volume
13
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
843 - 845
Database
ISI
SICI code
0828-282X(1997)13:9<843:MBVIP->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A 35-year-old female with mitral stenosis was admitted to hospital in her 23rd week of gestation for management of disabling dyspnea and par oxysmal nocturnal dyspnea. She was in New York Heart Association funct ional class III and underwent successful percutaneous balloon mitral v alvuloplasty with significant improvement of her symptoms. To limit ra diation exposure and procedure time, transesophageal echocardiography was used in combination with pulsed fluoroscopy, The remainder of her pregnancy was uncomplicated and she gave birth to a healthy baby at 38 weeks' gestation.