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Exaggerated Pressure Recovery during Pregnancy: A Multimodal Approach to Assessment of Prosthetic Aortic Stenosis Severity

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Most patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis (AS) tolerate pregnancy well. Those with severe AS, however, are at an increased risk for maternal and fetal complications, including heart failure, prematurity, and low birth weight.1 Pregnancy represents a high cardiac output state, with aortic valve (AV) gradients expected to increase nearly 2-fold by the third trimester.2 When measured AV gradients exceed that expected from pregnancy, potential considerations include progressive AV disease, pressure recovery, and altered aortic biomechanics following prosthetic aortic graft replacement.

Source: CASE

DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2024.09.003

Authors: Brynn Connor, Makoto Takei, Jennifer Woo, Desireé Conrad, Rahul Sharma, George Lui

Institutions: Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Keio University

Language: English

Topic: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $950