Infective Endocarditis in a Third Trimester Pregnant Woman

Infective endocarditis in pregnancy may have a misleading presentation and carries a high-risk of complications for both the mother and her infant. When urgent valve surgery is required, the fetal risk relative to cardiopulmonary bypass is challenging requiring a multidisciplinary management. We rep...

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Main Authors: Roxana Botea, MD, Jean Porterie, MD, Bertrand Marcheix, MD, PhD, Franck-Olivier Breleur, MD, Yoan Lavie-Badie, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-04-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920302345