Endograft as Bridge to Open Repair for Ruptured Thoracic Aneurysm in a Pregnant Marfan Patient.

De Martino, Randall R; Johnstone, Jill; Baldwin, Elizabeth A; Brost, Brian C; Connolly, Heidi M; Pochettino, Alberto · Ann Thorac Surg · 2015

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Women with Marfan syndrome are at increased risk of aortic events during pregnancy. We present the case of a ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in a woman with Marfan syndrome who was 25 weeks pregnant. Emergent intervention was performed using an endovascular repair as a bridge to allow continuation of pregnancy, decreasing fetal morbidity, and allow subsequent later definitive open aortic repair.

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