Acute coronary artery dissection during pregnancy.
Acute coronary artery dissection is a rare complication of pregnancy usually identified at postmortem examination. We report a case of myocardial infarction apparently caused by acute dissection of the left main coronary artery in a 24-year-old woman being treated for preterm labor with terbutaline. Hemodynamic deterioration necessitated emergency cesarean delivery and coronary bypass surgery.
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Department of Anesthesia, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME 04102, USA.
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