Why the study?
Does surgical correction of congenital aortic stenosis using extracorporeal circulation affect maternal and fetal outcomes in a pregnant patient?
Population
n=1, 23-year-old pregnant woman (4 months pregnant) with congenital aortic stenosis
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
14 months post-delivery
Authors
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May associate cardiopulmonary bypass in pregnancy with fetal anomalies; single case leaves open causality and should not guide practice.
Does surgical correction of congenital aortic stenosis using extracorporeal circulation affect maternal and fetal outcomes in a pregnant patient?
While extracorporeal circulation for congenital aortic stenosis correction during pregnancy was maternally successful, it may be associated with severe fetal congenital anomalies.
Robert Leyse (1961) studied this question.
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