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Oren Yagel1, Roie Alter2, Batel Nissan1
1Department of Cardiology, Hadassah Medical Center, The Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Abstract:
A 31-year-old woman with end-stage kidney disease and with a bicuspid aortic valve presented with acute heart failure in the second trimester of pregnancy. The patient received a diagnosis of severe aortic stenosis and chose to continue the pregnancy against medical advice. Following a multidisciplinary team consultation, she underwent urgent transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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