1. Contained aortic rupture in a term pregnant patient during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bogaert K, Christensen K, Cagliostro M, and Ferrara L
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- Adult, COVID-19, Female, Humans, Pandemics, Pregnancy, Aortic Dissection virology, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic virology, Aortic Rupture virology, Coronavirus Infections complications, Pneumonia, Viral complications, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious virology
- Abstract
Aortic dissection and rupture is a rare occurrence in pregnant and postpartum patients. This case discusses the presentation and diagnosis of a patient with an acute contained thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture at 38 weeks of gestation, after presenting with throat pain and syncope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The patient underwent emergent caesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal heart tracing, following which continued syncope workup revealed an aortic aneurysm and pericardial effusion. Diagnosis in this case was finalised with multimodality imaging, including transthoracic echocardiogram, and the patient underwent surgical aortic repair., Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared., (© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
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- 2020
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