title: Acute type A dissection at 17 weeks of gestation in a Marfan patient.
abstract: A 29-year-old Marfan patient at 17 weeks of gestation was diagnosed with acute type A aortic dissection and severe aortic regurgitation. Aortic valve and aortic arch replacement was successfully performed under circulatory arrest with deep hypothermia. At 34 weeks of gestation, the patient underwent a cesarean section and delivered a healthy baby.
authors.affiliation: Heartcenter, Leipzig University, Struempelstrasse 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany. j.seeburger@web.de
authors.forename: Joerg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seeburger
authors.forename: Friedrich Wilhelm
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Volkmar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falk
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed