AORTIC DISSECTION IN PUERPERIUM - A CASE-REPORT

An acute type A aortic dissection, complicated by massive aortic regur gitation, was diagnosed in the case of a 32-year-old woman, thirty-thr ee days post partum. Emergency operation (CabroI II) was performed wit h an uneventful postoperative course. We draw attention to this high r isk event, which is particularly apt to involve women within a short t ime after an otherwise uneventful pregnancy.