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June 1, 2014AortaOpen Access

Type A Aortic Dissection in Pregnancy: Two Operations Yielding Five Healthy Patients

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Key result

Immediate aortic repair following C-section achieves maternal and fetal survival in two TAAD cases.

  • n=2

Population

2 pregnant patients with Type A aortic dissection (including one twin pregnancy)

Design

Case_series

Authors

TJThomas H. JovicMorriston HospitalTATariq AboelmagdRoyal Berkshire HospitalGRGanesh RamalinghamPapworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Overview

Case reports of successful post-Caesarean Type A repair are hypothesis-generating; larger registries needed before practice guidance.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=2)

Structured PICO

P
Population
Two pregnant patients with Type A aortic dissection who underwent aortic repair immediately following Caesarean section.
I
Intervention
Aortic repair immediately following Caesarean section
O
Outcome
Maternal and fetal survivalhard clinical

Immediate aortic repair following Caesarean section can be a successful management strategy for Type A aortic dissection in pregnancy, yielding healthy maternal and fetal outcomes.

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Jovic et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Type A aortic dissection in pregnancy (n=2). Aortic repair immediately following Caesarean section was evaluated on Maternal and fetal survival. Aortic repair immediately following Caesarean section in two pregnant patients with Type A aortic dissection resulted in the survival of both mothers and three healthy neonates.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa67d49bc2c7db7488e645ehttps://doi.org/10.12945/j.aorta.2014.14-013
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