Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor
Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy is rare and life-threatening for both the mother and the fetus. We present the case of a 31-year-old previously healthy woman with no risk factors at 32 weeks of gestation who applied with vomiting, dyspnea and orthopnea. A respiratory arrest developed follow...
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| description | Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy is rare and life-threatening for both the mother and the fetus. We present the case of a 31-year-old previously healthy woman with no risk factors at 32 weeks of gestation who applied with vomiting, dyspnea and orthopnea. A respiratory arrest developed followed by loss of the fetal viability, cardiac arrest, and failure of resuscitation. We aim to raise awareness about the clinical approach to pregnant patients who are to be considered with a broad spectrum of differential diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-060bf111fd7948c79b617c718e663f772025-08-20T02:03:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922012-01-01201210.1155/2012/951480951480Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk FactorAsli Goker0Melek Civi1Ozgur Bayturan2N. Kemal Kuscu3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, 45030 Manisa, TurkeyDepartment of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, 45030 Manisa, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, 45030 Manisa, TurkeyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, 45030 Manisa, TurkeyAcute myocardial infarction in pregnancy is rare and life-threatening for both the mother and the fetus. We present the case of a 31-year-old previously healthy woman with no risk factors at 32 weeks of gestation who applied with vomiting, dyspnea and orthopnea. A respiratory arrest developed followed by loss of the fetal viability, cardiac arrest, and failure of resuscitation. We aim to raise awareness about the clinical approach to pregnant patients who are to be considered with a broad spectrum of differential diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/951480 |
| spellingShingle | Asli Goker Melek Civi Ozgur Bayturan N. Kemal Kuscu Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor |
| title_full | Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor |
| title_fullStr | Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor |
| title_short | Sudden Death of a Pregnant Woman in Third Trimester with No Risk Factor |
| title_sort | sudden death of a pregnant woman in third trimester with no risk factor |
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