Management of Worsening Aortic Dilation and Insufficiency in a 20-Week Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

Preexisting aortic disease can worsen during pregnancy as physiologic hemodynamic changes evolve. At a large academic institution, a patient with a remote history of vasculitis presented with a second trimester pregnancy with increasing aortic dilatation and aortic insufficiency. Extensive obstetric...

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Main Authors: Amy Shah, Johanna Schwarzenberger, Dorina Gui, Richard Hong, Angela Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/483178
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