Pregnancy in a Marfan patient with pre-existing aortic dissection.
In women with Marfan syndrome pregnancy increases the risk of aortic dissection. There are a number of articles reporting the outcome of acute aortic dissection during pregnancy in this patient group. In contrast, only scarce information is available concerning pregnancy in patients with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection. We report the case of a pregnant Marfan syndrome patient with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection that showed a favourable maternal and fetal outcome.
Tutarel
Oktay
O
Lotz
Joachim
J
Roentgen
Philipp
P
Drexler
Helmut
H
Meyer
Gerd Peter
GP
Westhoff-Bleck
Mechthild
M
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications