Pregnancy in a woman with a chronic descending thoracic aortic dissection

Govind Krishna Kumar Nair; Catriona Bhagra; Mathew Sermer; Candice K. Silversides; Birgit Pfaller

doi:10.1177/1753495X19900410

Pregnancy in a woman with a chronic descending thoracic aortic dissection

Govind Krishna Kumar Nair, Catriona Bhagra, Mathew Sermer, Candice K. Silversides, Birgit Pfaller^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Pregnancy increases aortic wall stress and, for a woman with a chronic dissection, this can lead to extension of the dissection, aortic rupture, and death. We report a pregnancy in a woman with a history of a chronic type B aortic dissection. As a child, she had repeat balloon dilation of aortic coarctation, and one of the procedures was complicated by an iatrogenic dissection at the dilation site. At the age of 27 years, she had a planned pregnancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-104
Number of pages	3
Journal	Obstetric Medicine
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1753495X19900410
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

aortic dissection
aortopathy
coarctation of the aorta
heart disease
Pregnancy

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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