Acute aortic dissection during pregnancy.
Acute aortic dissection is one of the most dreaded clinical conditions during pregnancy. Difficulties in establishing a diagnosis and limitations regarding invasive studies increase mortality rates associated with the disease. The limited experience reported in the literature does not allow the determination of guidelines for clinical and/or surgical management of aortic dissection in pregnancy. The authors present a case of acute aortic dissection in a woman in her 33rd week of gestation and discuss the diagnostic approach considering the peculiarities of the diseases manifestation.
Avila
Walkiria Samuel
WS
Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. walkiria@incor.usp.br
Dias
Ricardo
R
Yamada
Renato Takeshi
RT
Armelin
Adriano
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome