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A 20-year-old pregnant woman suffered sudden death due to a dissecting aortic aneurysm after presenting with nausea, vomiting, and intense headache.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare case of sudden death due to dissecting aortic aneurysm during early pregnancy.
Supports vigilance for aortic dissection in symptomatic early pregnancy; hypothesis-generating for risk assessment strategies.
IN 1944 Schnitker et al.1 reported a case in which a dissecting aortic aneurysm developed on the twelfth post-partum day. They collected 23 cases of this complication in association with pregnancy. Since their article 12 similar cases have been recorded.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 In the following case the sudden death during pregnancy was due to a dissecting aortic aneurysm.Case ReportA 20-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital in the 3d month of her 1st pregnancy because of sudden onset of nausea, vomiting and headache of 1 day's duration. The headache was throbbing in type and similar, though more intense, to what . . .
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Mandel et al. (1954) conducted a case report in Dissecting aortic aneurysm during pregnancy (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Sudden death. A 20-year-old pregnant woman suffered sudden death due to a dissecting aortic aneurysm after presenting with nausea, vomiting, and intense headache.