%0 Journal Article %T Pu¨¦rpera com trombose de pr¨®tese mecanica e estenose supravalvar a¨®rtica adquirida %A Benfatti %A Ricardo Adala %A Martins J¨˛nior %A Carlos Roberto %A Silva %A Guilherme Viotto Rodrigues da %A Pontes %A Jos¨¦ Carlos Dorsa Vieira %J Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular %D 2011 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular %R 10.1590/S0102-76382011000200022 %X the blood hypercoagulability in pregnancy increases significantly the incidence of thrombosis of mechanical valves. acquired supravalvular aortic stenosis is extremely rare. we report the case of an immediate postpartum patient with aortic mechanical prostheses and acquired supravalvular aortic stenosis who underwent emergency heart surgery, with severe hemodynamic instability, using adapted surgical technique for correction of supravalvular stenosis with satisfactory clinical and echocardiography results. %K aortic stenosis %K supravalvular %K heart valve prosthesis %K thromboembolism %K pregnancy complications %K cardiovascular. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-76382011000200022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en