Acute aortic dissection during pregnancy.
We review the cases of two women with acute aortic dissection during their last trimester of pregnancy who underwent aortic root replacement. One patient with type A dissection had to undergo surgical intervention immediately, and required extracorporal membrane oxygenation for four days. The other patient with a pre-diagnosed Marfan's disease had suffered a type B dissection and had to undergo emergency operation after developing a type A dissection nine days later.
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center, University of Leipzig, Germany. faba@server3.medizin.uni-leipzig.de
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Fabricius
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Autschbach
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Doll
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Mohr
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000601:surgery*