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July 1, 2006Congenital Heart Disease

Pregnancy in Marfan Syndrome after Aortic Root Replacement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Population

29-year-old pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome after replacement of ascending aorta with aortic valve…

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

until delivery

Authors

VVVania VolachAEAmir ElamiDGDan Gilon

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Overview

Supports consideration of pregnancy post-aortic root replacement in Marfan syndrome; hypothesis-generating case report requiring larger prospective validation.

Structured PICO

P
Population
29-year-old pregnant woman with Marfan syndrome after replacement of ascending aorta with aortic valve conservation (n=1)
I
Intervention
Pregnancy management and delivery by cesarean section
O
Outcome
Pregnancy and delivery outcome

Successful pregnancy and delivery can be achieved in patients with Marfan syndrome after aortic root replacement.

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Volach et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a756ba1b35e02fb15034db0https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00032.x
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Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1The Marfan Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management1979 · 909 citations
  2. 2Biophysical Properties of the Normal-sized Aorta in Patients with Marfan Syndrome: Evaluation with MR Flow Mapping2001 · 159 citations
  3. 3Marfan syndrome in children and adolescents: an adjusted nomogram for screening aortic root dilatation1998 · 65 citations
  4. 4Echocardiographic measurements in normal subjects from infancy to old age.1980 · 631 citations
  5. 5A prospective longitudinal evaluation of pregnancy in the Marfan syndrome1995 · 374 citations