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Pregnancy in a Marfan patient with pre-existing aortic dissection.

Tutarel O, Lotz J, Roentgen P, Drexler H, Meyer GP, Westhoff-Bleck M

In women with Marfan syndrome pregnancy increases the risk of aortic dissection. There are a number of articles reporting the outcome of acute aortic dissection during pregnancy in this patient group. In contrast, only scarce information is available concerning pregnancy in patients with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection. We report the case of a pregnant Marfan syndrome patient with pre-existing chronic aortic dissection that showed a favourable maternal and fetal outcome.

Published 27 November 2006 in Int J Cardiol, 114(2): E36-7.
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