Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta during the second trimester of pregnancy.

Lemermeyer, G; Talwar, M K; Mullen, J C; Klassen, N · Ann Thorac Surg · 1996

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 36-year-old woman in the second trimester of pregnancy underwent emergent operative repair of a traumatic aortic disruption caused by a motor vehicle accident. Left atrial-to-femoral artery bypass was used to maintain fetal circulation during the cross-clamp period. Her healthy, full-term child was subsequently delivered 3 months later by normal vaginal delivery.

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