Author/Authors :
Yılmaz, Dilek Çiçek Mersin University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Büyükakıllı, Belgin Mersin University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Biophysics, Turkey , Yılmaz, Ali Rıza Mersin Obstetrics Gynecology and Children’s Hospital, Turkey , Gürgül, Serkan Mersin University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Biophysics, Turkey
Abstract :
Many prosthetic valves are yearly implanted in young women with rheumatic or congenital heart disease. Increased hemodynamic burden due to physiological circulatory changes, increased incidence of thromboembolic events, untoward effects caused by cardiovascular drugs and anticoagulation are major risks associated with pregnancy in a woman with mechanical prosthetic valve (1).
