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MECHANICAL VALVES AND PREGNANCY: A CAVEAT

King Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, MBC #16, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia, Tel.: 966 1 442 7470, Fax: 966 1 442 7482, Email: alhalees@kfshrc.edu.sa

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This letter refers to the article, "Anticoagulation in Patients with Mechanical Valves During Pregnancy" by Muhammad A. Geelani, et.al. which appeared in the recent issue of the Asian Cardiovascular and Thaoracic Annals.¹

The article deals with a problem we often encounter in our area as well: Young females in childbearing age requiring replacement. There is no clear consensus on the optimal type of valve prosthesis that should be implanted in these patients. . . . [Full Text of this Article]