Successful pregnancy in a patient with double outlet left ventricle after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve

Circ J. 2004 May;68(5):501-3. doi: 10.1253/circj.68.501.

Abstract

A woman with double outlet left ventricle (DOLV) had undergone a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic Björk Shiley valve and who was receiving anticoagulant drug delivered a healthy male infant. Oral warfarin was replaced by heparin from the 5th to the 13th week of gestation and for the last 5 weeks of gestation. Successful pregnancy in patients with DOLV after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve is possible with careful maintenance.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Cesarean Section
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis* / adverse effects
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Heparin / administration & dosage
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / surgery*
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Pulmonary Valve*
  • Thrombosis / complications
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Warfarin / administration & dosage
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin
  • Heparin