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Unusual Management of Parturient Patient With Severe Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis and Congestive Heart Failure Publisher



Kahrom M1 ; Ahmadi M2 ; Mottahedi B1 ; Tabari M3 ; Vatanchi A4 ; Paravi N3 ; Ghaderi H5
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  1. 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Gynecology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chamran Heart Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: ARYA Atherosclerosis Published:2018


Abstract

BACKGROUND: Critical aortic stenosis (AS) is an unusual cardiac pathology in pregnancy, but has significant impact on the fetal and maternal outcomes of pregnancy. Pregnant patients with aortic stenosis and heart failure represent a major challenge for the heart team and anesthesiologist who should balance the risks and benefits of different treatment strategies and their effects on the mother and fetus. CASE REPORT: We present a 26-year-old parturient who underwent cesarean section at 30 weeks of gestation under general anesthesia in the presence of cardiac surgical team followed by deferred aortic valve replacement after two weeks. CONCLUSION: This report describes the importance of multidisciplinary preoperative evaluation, and careful surgical and anesthetic planning to avoid the deterioration of perioperative cardiac condition in such patients. © 2018, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved.