Successful Pregnancy in a Patient With Double Outlet Left Ventricle After a Rastelli Operation Using a Prosthetic Valve

Tsuyoshi Fukuda; Hidetaka Oku; Susumu Nakamoto; Manabu Mukobayashi; Eiji Koike

doi:10.1253/circj.68.501

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Successful Pregnancy in a Patient With Double Outlet Left Ventricle After a Rastelli Operation Using a Prosthetic Valve

Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Hidetaka Oku, Susumu Nakamoto, Manabu Mukobayashi, Eiji Koike

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Keywords: Anticoagulant therapy, Double outlet left ventricle, Pregnancy, Prosthetic valve, Rastelli operation

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2004 Volume 68 Issue 5 Pages 501-503

DOI https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.68.501

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Abstract

A woman with double outlet left ventricle (DOLV) had undergone a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic Björk Shiley valve and who was receiving anticoagulant drug delivered a healthy male infant. Oral warfarin was replaced by heparin from the 5th to the 13th week of gestation and for the last 5 weeks of gestation. Successful pregnancy in patients with DOLV after a Rastelli operation using a prosthetic valve is possible with careful maintenance. (Circ J 2004; 68: 501 - 503)

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