PREGNANCY COMPLICATED BY AORTIC DISSECTION - CESAREAN DELIVERY DURINGEXTRADURAL ANESTHESIA

Authors
JAYARAM A CARP HM DAVIS L JACOBSON SL
Citation
A. Jayaram et al., PREGNANCY COMPLICATED BY AORTIC DISSECTION - CESAREAN DELIVERY DURINGEXTRADURAL ANESTHESIA, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 75(3), 1995, pp. 358-360
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
358 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1995)75:3<358:PCBAD->2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We report a case where dissection of the aorta occurred in pregnancy; only medical management was undertaken. Delivery was by Caesarean sect ion during extradural anaesthesia and was accomplished safely several weeks after the dissection. The aetiology, association with pregnancy, diagnosis and management of acute dissection of the aorta are discuss ed.