Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Performance During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

Abstract

Increasing numbers of women with congenital heart disease are undergoing pregnancy after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR). We present the course of 9 pregnancies in 7 women with TPVR, noting pre-pregnancy, antepartum, and postpartum gradients, as well as maternal cardiac, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Keywords

• congenital heart defect
• pregnancy
• pulmonic valve
• tetralogy of Fallot
• valve replacement