Pregnancy in a Patient With a Prosthetic Mitral Valve

15 January 1968

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA)

Vol. 203 (3) , 223-225
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1968.03140030055015

Abstract

Pregnancy in a patient with a prosthetic mitral valve was carried to term without any overt evidence of medical complications. The infant was born with hypoplastic nasal structures. Warfarin (Coumadin) sodium is suspected as the teratogenic agent.

Keywords

STRUCTURES
SODIUM
PROSTHETIC
PREGNANCY
HYPOPLASTIC
INFANT
WARFARIN
COUMADIN
TERATOGENIC
NASAL