Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Alexandra A. Frogoudaki, MD, PhD; Sotiria Liori, MD; Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou, MD, PhD; Olga Boleti, MD; Maria Kalantzi, MD; Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD; John Parissis, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Alexandra A. Frogoudaki, MD, PhD,
Sotiria Liori, MD,
Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou, MD, PhD,
Olga Boleti, MD,
Maria Kalantzi, MD,
Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD,
John Parissis, MD, PhD

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Alexandra A. Frogoudaki, MD, PhD: Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece; Address for correspondence: Dr. Alexandra Frogoudaki, Second Cardiology Department, ATTIKON University Hospital, 12 Vakhylidou Street, Athens 11528, Greece.
Sotiria Liori, MD: Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou, MD, PhD: Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
Olga Boleti, MD: Pediatric Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Maria Kalantzi, MD: Cardiology Department, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece
Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, PhD: Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
John Parissis, MD, PhD: Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 91 – 95

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Management of pregnancy in patients with complex congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension has always been a challenge. We are presenting a patient with complex congenital heart disease and borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension who complicated with pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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