Prognostic factors of rheumatic mitral stenosis during pregnancy and puerperium

Paulo José Bastos Barbosa, Antônio Alberto Lopes, Gílson Soares Feitosa, Rosângela Vasconcelos de Almeida, Rosenbert Mamédio da Silva, José Carlos Brito, Maria Lúcia Duarte, Augusto José Gonçalves Almeida

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia · 2000 · 65 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

In pregnant women with mitral stenosis, the MVA and the FC are strongly associated with maternal complications but are not associated with fetal/neonatal events. Balloon mitral valvulotomy could have contributed to reducing the risks of fetal/neonatal events in the more symptomatic patients who had to undergo this procedure during pregnancy.

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