Cesarean section in a patient with severe mitral stenosis after mitral valve replacement

• Published in: Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 55; no. 2; p. 197
• Main Authors: Nakao, Miwako, Watanabe, Ikuyo, Kawaguchi, Ryoji, Migita, Takako, Sato, Nobuyoshi, Tahara, Naoki, Fujimoto, Mayumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japan 01.02.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia, General - methods; Cesarean Section; Female; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Humans; Mitral Valve; Mitral Valve Stenosis - surgery; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; Reoperation

A 30-year-old woman with mitral stenosis after mitral valve replacement was scheduled for cesarean section at 28 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy. Cesarian section was decided at a conference of obstetrics, cardiac surgery, neonatology and anesthesiology. Anesthesia was successfully managed with epidur...