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Technique and Patient Selection Criteria of Right Anterior Mini-Thoracotomy for Minimal Access Aortic Valve Replacement
Published on: March 26, 2018
[Anaesthetic management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve for delivery. About two consecutive cases]
1Département d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, AP-HP, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France.
Abstract:
Cardiac diseases are the second cause of non-obstetrical death during pregnancy in France. Bicuspid aortic valve is the most frequent congenital cardiac disease but its characteristics are little known. We report two consecutive cases of pregnant patients with aortic bicuspidy, one with a severe aortic stenosis and one with a severe dilatation of the ascending aorta. We describe the anaesthetic management of delivery for these two cases and summarize the current recommendations for management of this condition during pregnancy.
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