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- Title
Severe Pregnancy-Induced Deterioration of Truncal Valve Regurgitation in an Adolescent Patient with Repaired Truncus Arteriosus.
- Authors
Hoendermis, Elke S.; Drenthen, Willem; Sollie, Krystyna M.; Berger, Rolf M. F.
- Abstract
Truncus arteriosus, a rare and complex congenital heart disease, is hallmarked by a single great vessel (truncus) that arises over a large ventricular septal defect and provides both the pulmonary and systemic circulation. Pregnancy reports after repair for truncus arteriosus are scarce. Therefore, the maternal and offspring outcomes are unknown. We report the outcome of a pregnancy in an 18-year-old woman with repaired truncus arteriosus. Despite severe and symptomatic deterioration of truncal valve regurgitation, she successfully delivered a healthy child, and the valve function recovered within 2 weeks postpartum. Copyright © 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
TRUNCUS arteriosus; CONGENITAL heart disease; VENTRICULAR septal defects; PULMONARY circulation; PUERPERIUM
- Publication
Cardiology, 2008, Vol 109, Issue 3, p177
- ISSN
0008-6312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000106679