Successful pregnancy and delivery after pulmonary autograft operation (Ross procedure) for rheumatic aortic valve insufficiency

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-64

  Martin, T C ^a,b   Idahosa, V ^a,b   Ogunbiyi, A ^a,b   Fevrier Roberts, G ^a,b   Winter, A ^a,b  

^a Holberton Hospital   (Antigua and Barbuda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; DELIVERY; DETERIORATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY VALVE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY VALVE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0038069074     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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