Walkiria Samuel Avila et al. Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar Tatiana da Rocha e Souza Manuel Pereira M Gomes Junior … Max Grinberg Marcelo Zugaib
The increase of cardiac output during pregnancy is the cause of heart failure in women with severe aortic valvular stenosis. Percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty has been associated with severe complications and short-term valvar restenosis. This case showed that percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty allowed both mother and fetus to survive after childbirth, and that postpartum treatment interruption resulted in maternal death in late postpartum care.