• Title of article

    Emergency mitral valve replacement in the setting of severe pulmonary hypertension and acute cardiovascular decompensation after evacuation of twins at fifteen weeks’ gestation, ,

  • Author/Authors

    Imelda Tio، نويسنده , , Krishnansu Tewari، نويسنده , , Keith D. Balderston، نويسنده , , Jeffrey C. Milliken MD، نويسنده , , Manuel Porto، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1998
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    270
  • To page
    272
  • Abstract
    A case of critical mitral stenosis with severe pulmonary hypertension in a twin pregnancy is presented. On therapeutic evacuation at 15 weeks’ gestation the patient became critically unstable, necessitating emergency open heart surgery with mitral valve replacement. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1998;179:270-2.)
  • Keywords
    pulmonary hypertension , Mitral stenosis , Cardiac surgery
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Serial Year
    1998
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Record number

    642870