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• TITLE: Successful mitral valve replacement in a young pregnant patient

  AUTHORS: Omer Faruk Dogan, Habib Cakir, Cenap Ozkara, Aytul Erciyes

  KEYWORDS: Pregnancy; Mitral Valve Prosthesis;Thrombosis

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vol.2 No.3, July 23, 2012

  ABSTRACT: Pregnancy in women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves is associated with an increased risk of maternal and fetal complications. Managing of the anticoagulation of these patients is very important for life saving of mother and fetus. Unfortunately, throm- boembolic complications in some pregnant women with mechanical mitral valve can be seen. Herein, we present urgent mechanical mitral valve replacement in a 27 year old pregnant woman due to stuck mecha- nical valve.