TY - JOUR
T1 - Labor and delivery complicated by acute mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae
AU - Hagay, Z. J.
AU - Weissman, A.
AU - Geva, D.
AU - Snir, E.
AU - Caspi, A.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Acute mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae is a dramatic and life-threatening clinical situation. Rarely does this complication occur during pregnancy. We present a case of a 30-year-old woman in week 31 of her pregnancy who developed acute mitral regurgitation, secondary to bacterial endocarditis and ruptured chordae tendineae. This acute event resulted in preterm labor a few hours later. Delivery was uneventful and successful and was followed by open heart surgery 5 days later. A review of the literature on chordae tendineae rupture and resulting mitral regurgitation during pregnancy is presented.
AB - Acute mitral regurgitation due to ruptured chordae tendineae is a dramatic and life-threatening clinical situation. Rarely does this complication occur during pregnancy. We present a case of a 30-year-old woman in week 31 of her pregnancy who developed acute mitral regurgitation, secondary to bacterial endocarditis and ruptured chordae tendineae. This acute event resulted in preterm labor a few hours later. Delivery was uneventful and successful and was followed by open heart surgery 5 days later. A review of the literature on chordae tendineae rupture and resulting mitral regurgitation during pregnancy is presented.
KW - Chordae tendineae rupture
KW - bacterial endocarditis
KW - mitral regurgitation
KW - pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-994418
DO - 10.1055/s-2007-994418
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C2 - 7779190
AN - SCOPUS:0028950614
SN - 0735-1631
VL - 12
SP - 111
EP - 112
JO - American Journal of Perinatology
JF - American Journal of Perinatology
IS - 2
ER -