Stanford type B aortic dissection associated with pregnancy in patients with Marfan syndrome-A case report and review of the literature.
J Cardiol Cases
; 1(3): e180-e183, 2010 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
A 36-year-old female patient known to have Marfan syndrome (MFS) presented with Stanford type B aortic dissection (type B-AD) 3 days after delivery although she had taken oral ß-blocker and underwent prophylactic cesarean section at 34 weeks when she showed 42 mm of the ascending aorta. She was successfully treated medically without further progression of the dissection. A review of the literature revealed an additional 19 patients with MFS who suffered from type B-AD associated with pregnancy. Of 20 patients, 1 (5%) died but the remaining 19 patients were successfully treated either medically (n = 9) or surgically (n = 10). Of 13 patients whose aortic diameter was known, 5 showed <40 mm of the ascending aorta. Pregnancy in MFS can be complicated by type B-AD with a peak around term delivery irrespective of the size of ascending aorta and even with ß-blocker.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Cardiol Cases
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan