Multiple coronary artery dissections in a woman at term.

Verkaaik, A P; Visser, W; Deckers, J W; Lotgering, F K · Br J Anaesth · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a case of acute myocardial infarction caused by multiple coronary artery dissections in a pregnant woman at term. When reinfarction elicited fetal distress, Caesarean section was performed under carefully administered extradural anaesthesia, with maternal and fetal survival.

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