Emergency mitral valve replacement in the setting of severe pulmonary hypertension and acute cardiovascular decompensation after evacuation of twins at fifteen weeks' gestation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 270-272

  Tio, I ^a   Tewari, K ^a   Balderston, K D ^a   Milliken, J C ^a   Porto, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Mitral stenosis; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION; SHOCK; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031852620     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70288-1     Document Type: Article

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