Emergency mitral valve replacement and cesarean section in parturients: Two case reports

• Main Authors: P S Nagaraja (Author), Naveen G Singh (Author), Gaurav Pandey (Author), Pranav J Adoni (Author), C G Prabhushankar (Author), Vijayakumar M Heggeri (Author), Ravikumar Nagashetty (Author), T H Krishnaprasad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cardiac surgery during pregnancy using cardiopulmonary bypass has a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of about 3-15%. Cardiopulmonary bypass, in addition, alters placental perfusion, which can increase infant mortality. Here, we report two cases of parturients with severe mitral stenosis, who developed...