Acute Type-B Aortic Dissection in Pregnancy: Therapeutic Challenges in a Multidisciplinary Setting

Prakash A Patel; Rohesh J Fernando; John G Augoustides; Jeongae Yoon; Jacob T Gutsche; Jared W Feinman; Elizabeth Zhou; Stuart J Weiss; Joshua Hamburger; Adam S Evans; Oscar Aljure; Michael Fabbro 2nd

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.011

Acute Type-B Aortic Dissection in Pregnancy: Therapeutic Challenges in a Multidisciplinary Setting

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Dec;31(6):2268-2276. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.011. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
² Cardiothoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
³ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Section, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.
⁴ Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
⁶ Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL.

PMID: 28666932
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.011

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Keywords: International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection; Marfan syndrome; beta-blocker; cardiopulmonary bypass; computed tomography; deep hypothermic circulatory arrest; endovascular repair; fetus; infant; left subclavian artery; magnetic resonance imaging; mother; multidisciplinary team; placenta; pregnancy; transesophageal echocardiography; transthoracic echocardiography; trimesters; type-A aortic dissection; type-B aortic dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / complications
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Cesarean Section* / methods
Female
Humans
Infant, Extremely Premature* / physiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / surgery*
Ultrasonography, Prenatal / methods