Acute Aortic Dissection in Third Trimester Pregnancy without Risk Factors

Spontaneous aortic dissection in pregnancy is rare and life threatening for both the mother and the fetus. Most commonly, it is associated with connective tissue disorders, cardiac valve variants, or trauma. We present the case of a 23-year-old previously healthy woman, 36 weeks pregnant with a sync...

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Main Authors: Kinney-Ham, Lisa, Nguyen, H. Bryant, Steele, Robert, Walters, Elizabeth L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2011
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Cardiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236149/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22224164
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.5.2257
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