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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Main Authors: Asli Goker, Melek Civi, Ozgur Bayturan, N. Kemal Kuscu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/951480
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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
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