MULTIPLE CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTIONS IN A WOMAN AT TERM

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

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Published inBJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 301 - 302
Main Authors VERKAAIK, A. P. K., VISSER, W., DECKERS, J. W., LOTGERING, F. K.
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LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.08.1993
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Anaesthesia: obstetric
Heart ischaemia: myocardial infarction
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Summary:We report a case of acute myocardial infarction caused by multiple coronary artery dissections in a pregnant woman at term. When rein farction elicited fetal distress, Caesarean section was performed under carefully administered extradural anaesthesia, with maternal and fetal survival.
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ArticleID:71.2.301
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Address for correspondence: Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Dr. Molewaterplein 40,3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/71.2.301