We present the case of a 39-year-old woman with inactive rheumatic heart disease and valvular sequelae consisting of mitral stenosis, double aortic lesion with a predominance of stenosis, functional tricuspid insufficiency, and pulmonary hypertension. The patient had New York Heart Association heart failure class IV associated with a 16-week pregnancy and a thrombus in the left atrium.
Treatment consisted of closed mitral commissurotomy and abortion at 20.2 weeks of pregnancy. We provide a review of the literature on valvular surgery during pregnancy, with emphasis on surgical treatment and the possible repercussions to mother and fetus.