Preconception Counseling for a Patient With a Mechanical Tricuspid Valve

Eunjung Choi1, Katelyn Uribe2, Esra Gucuk Ipek3

  • 1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

JACC. Case Reports
|February 16, 2024
PubMed
Summary

A pregnant woman had mechanical tricuspid valve thrombosis, a serious condition where blood clots form on a prosthetic valve. Multimodality imaging revealed the valve was malfunctioning, with both leaflets stuck open.

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