IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 42 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog1874.2015

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Case Report
Pregnancy in a woman with pulmonary hypertension: favorable outcome with intravenous treprostinil
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1 Institute of Pulmonology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (Israel)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2015, 42(3), 390–391; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog1874.2015
Published: 10 June 2015
Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) presents a high risk for maternal mortality. The intravenous administration of treprostinil has demonstrated effectiveness for the treatment of PH, though documentations of its use during pregnancy are few. The authors present a 30-yearold gravid women with symptoms of PH at 23 weeks gestation. Treatment comprised of oxygen therapy, enoxaparin, and intravenous treprostinil from gestational week 25, following a successful elective cesarean section at 33 weeks gestation with favorable outcome. This report demonstrates the effectiveness of an intensive therapeutic protocol, including intravenous treprostinil, for the treatment of PH in pregnancy.
Keywords
Pulmonary hypertension
Pregnancy
Treprostinil
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