Key result
Conservative management with planned hysterotomy enables safe stabilization in acute Type B aortic dissection during pregnancy.
Why the study?
Aortic dissection during pregnancy is very rare and typically occurs in the third trimester when hemodynamic changes peak.
Highlights the successful conservative management and subsequent obstetric hysterotomy in a rare case of acute Type B aortic dissection during pregnancy.
Dissection of the aorta which is very rare in pregnancy usually occurs in the third trimester when blood volume and cardiac output rise to a maximum. We present here, a case of a 38-year-old pregnant woman with acute aortic dissection Type B. Management was conservative and after stabilization of vitals, obstetric hysterotomy was performed.
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