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Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient
Aortic dissection is a relatively rare yet often fatal condition. Early recognition and treatment are crucial for survival. While the majority of patients who present with aortic dissection are older than 50 years of age and have a history of hypertension, younger patients with connective tissue dis...
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2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23781352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/390670 |
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author | Kohli, Erol Jwayyed, Sharhabeel Giorgio, Gary Bhalla, Mary Colleen |
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description | Aortic dissection is a relatively rare yet often fatal condition. Early recognition and treatment are crucial for survival. While the majority of patients who present with aortic dissection are older than 50 years of age and have a history of hypertension, younger patients with connective tissue disease, bicuspid aortic valves, and a family history of aortic dissection are also at an increased risk for developing this condition. A review of the literature revealed a paucity of published cases describing the successful, emergent repair of acute type A aortic dissections in third- trimester gravid patients. We present the case of the successful diagnosis and surgical repair of a 41-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with an acute type A aortic dissection at 36 weeks of gestation. |
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spelling | pubmed-36797682013-06-18 Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient Kohli, Erol Jwayyed, Sharhabeel Giorgio, Gary Bhalla, Mary Colleen Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Aortic dissection is a relatively rare yet often fatal condition. Early recognition and treatment are crucial for survival. While the majority of patients who present with aortic dissection are older than 50 years of age and have a history of hypertension, younger patients with connective tissue disease, bicuspid aortic valves, and a family history of aortic dissection are also at an increased risk for developing this condition. A review of the literature revealed a paucity of published cases describing the successful, emergent repair of acute type A aortic dissections in third- trimester gravid patients. We present the case of the successful diagnosis and surgical repair of a 41-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with an acute type A aortic dissection at 36 weeks of gestation. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3679768/ /pubmed/23781352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/390670 Text en Copyright © 2013 Erol Kohli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kohli, Erol Jwayyed, Sharhabeel Giorgio, Gary Bhalla, Mary Colleen Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title | Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title_full | Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title_fullStr | Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title_short | Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in a 36-Week Pregnant Patient |
title_sort | acute type a aortic dissection in a 36-week pregnant patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23781352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/390670 |
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