[Emergency percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty in a pregnant woman]. / Valvoplastia mitral percutânea de urgência em gestante.

We report the case of a 33-year-old woman in the 28th week of pregnancy and with signs of fetal death, admitted to hospital in an emergency due to pulmonary edema secondary to severe mitral valve stenosis. Intensive medical treatment was unsuccessful and the patient was submitted to an emergency percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty with prompt clinical improvement. Subsequent clinical deterioration secondary to fetal death was managed by cesarean section resulting in clinical establization. The patient was discharged 10 days after admission and at 11 months after the procedure she had mild symptoms without drug therapy and echocardiographic signs of mild residual mitral stenosis (mitral valve area: 2.0 cm2).

Valvoplastia mitral percutânea de urgência em gestante / Emergency percutaneous balloon mitral valvoplasty in a pregnant woman

Gestante com 33 anos na 28ª semana e sinais de óbito fetal foi admitida em caráter de urgência com quadro de edema pulmonar agudo secundário à estenose mitral grave. Com insucesso do tratamento medicamentoso intensivo, a paciente foi submetida à valvoplastia mitralpercutânea de emergência com melhora imediata. O agravamento subseqüente do quadro, atribuído ao óbito fetal, foi tratado através parto cesário com melhora clínica considerável. A paciente teve alta hospitalar no10§ dia, e 11 meses após o procedimento, encontraÄse em classe funcional I, sem uso de medicaçäo e com sinais ecocardiográficos de estenose mitral leve (área valvar: 2,0cm "ao quadrado".