Stuck mitral prosthesis in pregnancy - A challenge

• Main Authors: Pankaj K Gupta (Author), Indira Malik (Author), A S Tomar (Author), Vishnu Datt (Author), Sanjula Virmani (Author), Vithal K Betigeri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pregnancy with prosthetic valve is a challenging situation since this is a hypercoagulable state and maintenance of anticoagulation for prosthetic valves becomes difficult due to the teratogenic effects and altered pharmacokinetics of anticoagulant drugs. This may result in prosthetic valve thrombos...