Preconception Counseling for a Patient With a Mechanical Tricuspid Valve

Eunjung Choi, MD; Katelyn Uribe, MD; Esra Gucuk Ipek, MD; Arthur Vaught, MD; James S. Gammie, MD; Hanghang Wang, MD; Anum S. Minhas, MD, MHS

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Preconception Counseling for a Patient With a Mechanical Tricuspid Valve

Eunjung Choi, MD,
Katelyn Uribe, MD,
Esra Gucuk Ipek, MD,
Arthur Vaught, MD,
James S. Gammie, MD,
Hanghang Wang, MD,
Anum S. Minhas, MD, MHS

Affiliations

Eunjung Choi, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Eunjung Choi, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
Katelyn Uribe, MD: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Esra Gucuk Ipek, MD: Heart and Vascular Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Arthur Vaught, MD: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
James S. Gammie, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Hanghang Wang, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anum S. Minhas, MD, MHS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102159

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A 37-year-old woman with mechanical tricuspid valve thrombosis presented for preconception consultation. Multimodality imaging confirmed a malfunctioning bileaflet mechanical tricuspid valve with both leaflets fixed and open. This case highlights the key discussions held by the multidisciplinary pregnancy heart team.

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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