Highlights a case where mitral commissurotomy was used to treat severe hemoptysis during pregnancy in a patient with mitral stenosis.
May inform management of refractory hemoptysis in pregnant mitral stenosis; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Pulmonary bleeding in mitral stenosis is not commonly regarded as an indication for operation. A case is reported in which mitral commissurotomy was performed during pregnancy primarily because of recurrent profuse hemoptysis. Some relevant points are briefly discussed.
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