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Tsuyoshi Fukuda1, Hidetaka Oku, Susumu Nakamoto
1Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, Japan. fukuda@kpcd.med.kindai.ac.jp
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.
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