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- Title
Surgical repair of atrial septal defect with severe pulmonary hypertension during pregnancy: a case report with literature review.
- Authors
Manivannan, Suganya; Dadlani, Gul; Parsons, Michael; Crisan, Luminita; Belogolovkin, Victoria; Sastry, Narendra; Guglin, Maya
- Abstract
We are reporting a case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman with a large secundum atrial septal defect with left-to-right shunt and severe pulmonary hypertension. Her atrial septal defect was undiagnosed before this pregnancy. After carefully considering all the options, we repaired her atrial septal defect with an open heart surgical closure at 20 weeks of gestation. A substantial and consistent reduction in pulmonary arterial pressure after the surgery and subsequent uneventful delivery indicate that surgical repair of atrial septal defects is a viable option that should be considered for such patients.
- Publication
Cardiology in the young, 2012, Vol 22, Issue 5, p493
- ISSN
1467-1107
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1047951112000492