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- C Pachler, I Knez, E Petru, O Dörfler, M Vicenzi, and W Toller.
- Klinische Abteilung für Anästhesie, für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 29/I, 8036, Graz, Österreich. christoph.pachler@medunigraz.at
- Anaesthesist. 2013 Apr 1; 62 (4): 293295293-5.
AbstractA 29-year-old primagravida developed severe chest pains during labor. An emergency caesarean section was performed as the symptoms persisted. Imaging diagnosis immediately after delivery revealed an acute proximal (type A) aortic dissection. The patient was transferred to the nearest cardiothoracic surgery centre and successful emergency surgical aortic repair was performed. The perioperative course of a type A aortic dissection during pregnancy and labor is complicated by time pressure, diagnostic restrictions until delivery and potentially fatal uterine bleeding during cardiopulmonary bypass and hypothermic cardiac arrest. This case report describes the diagnosis and the surgical, anesthesiological and gynecological management of this life-threatening peripartum complication.
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