Acute Aortic Dissection in a Third Trimester Pregnancy without Risk Factors

<p>Spontaneous aortic dissection in pregnancy is rare and life threatening for both the mother and the fetus. Most commonly, it is associated with connective tissue disorders, cardiac valve variants, or trauma. We present the case of a 23-year-old previously healthy woman, 36 weeks pregnant wi...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth L Walters, Robert Steele, H. Bryant Nguyen, Lisa Kinney-Ham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2011-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/80c6p2bw