Multiple coronary artery dissections in a woman at term.
We report a case of acute myocardial infarction caused by multiple coronary artery dissections in a pregnant woman at term. When reinfarction elicited fetal distress, Caesarean section was performed under carefully administered extradural anaesthesia, with maternal and fetal survival.
Verkaaik
A P
AP
Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Visser
W
W
Deckers
J W
JW
Lotgering
F K
FK
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy