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Redo mitral valve leaflet replacement safely resolves a stuck mechanical valve 67 hours post-cesarean.
Case Report (n=1)
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Redo prosthetic mitral valve replacement can be successfully performed shortly after cesarean section in critically ill pregnant patients with stuck mechanical valves.
On April 3, 2020, a 37-year-old woman successfully completed heart valve replacement after cesarean section 67 hours in the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University.The woman underwent the mechanical mitral valve replacement in the same hospital 10 years ago. She used low molecular weight heparin instead of warfarin, when she realized her pregnancy. On March 25, 2020 (28+5 weeks of gestation), due to New York Heart Association class IV, severe pneumonia, type I respiratory failure, the patient was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Three days later, she discharged herself from hospital by refusing the cesarean section. The next day she was re-admitted to the ward because of the worsen symptoms and oliguria. Cesarean section was performed 50 hours after admission. The neonate was 1 400 g; Apgar score was 5 in 1 minute, 8 in 5 minutes, transferred to neonatal intensive care unit. Because of the unrecovered heart function, she was confirmed stuck mechanical prosthetic mitral valves. On April 3, 2020, through multi-disciplinary cooperation, the patient was safe without any life-threatening emergency. Eleven days after the replacement, the patient was discharged smoothly, so was the neonate 33 days after delivery.
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Wang et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Stuck mechanical prosthetic mitral valve during pregnancy (n=1). Redo prosthetic mitral valve leaflet replacement was evaluated on Patient survival and discharge. Redo prosthetic mitral valve leaflet replacement was successfully performed 67 hours after cesarean section in a 37-year-old woman with a stuck mechanical valve, leading to safe discharge.
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