Acute type A aortic dissection and pregnancy: a population-based study.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
; 39(6): e159-63, 2011 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Pregnancy has been reported to be an independent risk factor for 50% of acute aortic dissections recorded in women younger than 45 years of age. The present epidemiologic study aimed to identify whether this putative association of pregnancy and acute type A dissection could be an artifact of selective reporting.METHODS:
This population-based study was conducted in the City of Vienna, Austria, Europe, in an average female population of 34,1381 women in the age range of 15-45 years who were followed up between 1994 and 2004 (total of 3755.195 person-years of observation). During this study, the incidence, management, and outcome of acute type A dissection were determined.RESULTS:
Fifteen patients (mean age 38.8 years, SD 4.8) with acute aortic dissection were identified, and an overall incidence of 0.4 case per 100000 person-years was estimated. The prehospital mortality rate was recorded to be 53%. Six patients, including two women in late pregnancy (incidence 0.05 cases per 100000 person-years), were treated successfully by surgical repair during deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (in-hospital mortality rate 6.6%). Pregnancy and aortic dissection were identified as events that were not related (RR 3.27; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.82-12.95; P=0.14). Observation during long-term follow-up was uneventful.CONCLUSIONS:
Acute aortic dissection represents a rare pathology in women younger than 45 years of age; however, it is associated with a high rate of sudden death. Pregnancy may not be a risk factor for this life-threatening vascular emergency. Immediate referral to surgery, even during pregnancy, will result in a prognosis of favorable outcome.
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Assunto principal:
Aneurisma Aórtico
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Complicações Cardiovasculares na Gravidez
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Dissecção Aórtica
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
Assunto da revista:
CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Áustria