Aortic dissection in puerperium: a case report.

An acute type A aortic dissection, complicated by massive aortic regurgitation, was diagnosed in the case of a 32-year-old woman, thirty-three days post partum. Emergency operation (Cabrol II) was performed with an uneventful postoperative course. We draw attention to this high risk event, which is particularly apt to involve women within a short time after an otherwise uneventful pregnancy.