This case highlights the complex management of balancing hemostasis and thrombosis in a pregnant patient with a mechanical valve and placenta previa.
Acute valve thrombosis remains a risk in pregnant patients with mechanical valves and bleeding complications; leaves open optimal peripartum management strategies.
A 32-year-old pregnant woman with a mechanical mitral valve was admitted with vaginal bleeding and was found to have placenta previa. During her hospital stay, she developed acute valvular thrombosis. She underwent an emergency cesarean section followed by successful mechanical valve replacement.
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