RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Severe Preeclampsia Complicating Mitral Valve Stenosis JF Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine JO Reg Anesth Pain Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 204 OP 209 DO 10.1136/rapm-00115550-199823020-00016 VO 23 IS 2 A1 Afrangui, Beatrice A1 Malinow, A. M. YR 1998 UL http://rapm.bmj.com/content/23/2/204.abstract AB Background and Objectives We present a report of a parturient with severe mitral valve stenosis diagnosed during a previous pregnancy who developed severe preeclampsia.Methods Labor and subsequent abdominal delivery were managed with epidural analgesia and anesthesia. The clinical management was guided by invasive hemodynamic monitoring, including a flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter.Conclusions Peripartum maternal and neonatal outcomes were satisfactory. Postpartum complications included pulmonary edema as well as peripartum heart failure and pulmonary thromboembolism 4 weeks postpartum.