Days from admission | Patient’s clinical course |
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1 | Thirty-one-year-old woman at 26 weeks gestation with severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to rheumatic mitral stenosis presented for management of a pregnancy complicated by placenta accreta spectrum disorder. |
2 | Pulmonary artery catheterization demonstrated severely elevated filling pressures. She did not tolerate medical therapy. The cardio-obstetrics team met with the patient and her partner to determine next steps. |
3 | Brought to the operating room (OR) for veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) supported caesarean delivery and hysterectomy. Extubated in the OR. Her infant was taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for further management. |
6 | Returned to the OR for surgical aortic and mitral valve replacement and tricuspid valve annuloplasty. Decannulated from ECMO in the OR. |
7 | Extubated |
19 | Discharged home from the hospital |
Follow-up | At 30 days from the date of admission, the patient was doing well at home with her family. Her infant, who was born at 25 weeks 6 days, was discharged from the hospital at postmenstrual age 38 weeks 5 days. |