Should pregnancy be considered a risk factor for aortic dissection? Two cases of acute aortic dissection following cesarean section in non-Marfan nor bicuspid aortic valve patients

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-391

  Gelpi, G ^a   Pettinari, M ^a   Lemma, M ^a   Mangini, A ^a   Vanelli, P ^a   Antona, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Aortic valve; Pregnancy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MARFAN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46749102491     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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