| Urgent aortic valve replacement for infective endocarditis during the 23rd week of pregnancy. | |
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PMID: 22893320 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Infective endocarditis is a rare but serious complication of pregnancy with high maternal and fetal mortality. Surgical intervention is an option when medical therapy fails. We report the case of a 23-year-old female with severe aortic valve regurgitation and hemodynamic compromise related to acute bacterial endocarditis of a congenital bicuspid aortic valve during the 23rd week of pregnancy. She underwent urgent aortic valve replacement and, despite implementation of known fetal-protection strategies, fetal demise occurred. |
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Christodoulos Kaoutzanis; Erotokritos Evangelakis; Chrysostomos Kokkinos; Gavriel Kaoutzanis |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-8-15 |
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Title: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Volume: - ISSN: 1863-6713 ISO Abbreviation: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Publication Date: 2012 Aug |
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Created Date: 2012-8-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101303952 Medline TA: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Nicosia General Hospital, Nicosia, Cyprus, ckaoutzanis@gmail.com. |
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