Vol 69, No 6 (2011)
Chorzy trudni typowi
Published online: 2011-06-15
Successful therapy and rehabilitation following stroke in a pregnant woman with prosthetic aortic valve
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79287
Kardiol Pol 2011;69(6):593-594.
Abstract
This report describes a case of a 40 year-old woman with implanted aortic prosthetic valve, who experienced thrombo-embolic
complication in a form of ischaemic stroke in 15 week of pregnancy. At the beginning of the event, the patient suffered from
mixed aphasia, right-side paresis and depressive syndrome. Thanks to cooperation of many specialists, especially rehabilitation
team, she restored overall physical efficiency, speaking ability, delivered a healthy child, and returned to normal family and
social activity. Problems of anti-thrombotic therapy during pregnancy in patients with prosthetic valves are discussed.
Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 6: 593–594
Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 6: 593–594
Keywords: prosthetic aortic valvepregnancystrokerehabilitationanticoagulation