Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Alexandra A Frogoudaki; Sotiria Liori; Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou; Olga Boleti; Maria Kalantzi; Ignatios Ikonomidis; John Parissis

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.010

Pregnancy in a Patient With Tetralogy of Fallot and Borderline Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jan 15;2(1):91-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.010. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Alexandra A Frogoudaki¹, Sotiria Liori¹, Penelope Rafouli-Stergiou¹, Olga Boleti², Maria Kalantzi³, Ignatios Ikonomidis¹, John Parissis¹

Affiliations

¹ Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² Pediatric Department, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
³ Cardiology Department, Metropolitan General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Management of pregnancy in patients with complex congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension has always been a challenge. We are presenting a patient with complex congenital heart disease and borderline pulmonary arterial hypertension who complicated with pulmonary embolism during pregnancy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: BT, Blalock-Taussig; LPA, left pulmonary artery; MAPCA, major aortopulmonary collateral artery; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PA, pulmonary artery; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; PAP, pulmonary artery pressure; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; RPA, right pulmonary artery; RV, right ventricle; ToF, tetralogy of Fallot; pregnancy; pulmonary atresia; pulmonary hypertension; tetralogy of Fallot.

Publication types

Case Reports