Emergency repair of aortic dissection in a 37-week parturient: A case report

AANA Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-68

  Ham, Sarah ^a  

^a Rutland Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Aortic; Dissection; Pregnancy; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PANTOPRAZOLE; PETHIDINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEG EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANT WOMAN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 77949856452     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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