title: Successful treatment of a gravida with acute A type aortic dissection in late gestation.
abstract: This case report describes a woman at 35 weeks gestation, who presented with an acute type A aortic dissection involving the total aortic arch and descending aorta. She underwent a successful ascending aorta replacement, total arch replacement, and stented elephant trunk implantation at the time of cesarean section with favorable maternal and fetal outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Extracorporeal Circulation             No. 5 Ward of Cardiac Surgery Department, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fengzhen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lizhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Junming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jingmei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Xiaotong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*