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Article

Pregnancy-Related Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Patients With Marfan’s Syndrome: Medical and Surgical Management During Pregnancy and After Delivery

by
Mile Vranes
1,2,
Milos Velinovic
1,2,
Natasa Kovacevic-Kostic
1,
Dragutin Savic
1,2,
Dejan Nikolic
3 and
Radmila Karan
1,*
1
Cardiac Surgery Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade
2
Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
3
University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2011, 47(11), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47110087
Submission received: 23 May 2011 / Accepted: 29 November 2011 / Published: 4 December 2011

Abstract

In the current article, 3 cases of aortic aneurysm and dissection in pregnant patients with Marfan’s syndrome are reported. It is well known that pregnancy is a risk factor for the development of aortic aneurysm and dissection in women with Marfan’s syndrome since it is shown that dissection can develop both before and after labor. Marfan patients with an aortic root diameter greater than 4 cm should undergo preconceptual counseling for surgical aortic repair before pregnancy. Pregnant Marfan patients with an aortic aneurysm should be closely and continuously evaluated by multidisciplinary specialists in order to prevent possible aortic dissection that could be fatal for both the mother and the fetus.
Keywords: aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; pregnancy; Marfan’s syndrome; cesarean delivery aortic aneurysm; aortic dissection; pregnancy; Marfan’s syndrome; cesarean delivery

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Vranes, M.; Velinovic, M.; Kovacevic-Kostic, N.; Savic, D.; Nikolic, D.; Karan, R. Pregnancy-Related Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Patients With Marfan’s Syndrome: Medical and Surgical Management During Pregnancy and After Delivery. Medicina 2011, 47, 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47110087

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Vranes M, Velinovic M, Kovacevic-Kostic N, Savic D, Nikolic D, Karan R. Pregnancy-Related Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Patients With Marfan’s Syndrome: Medical and Surgical Management During Pregnancy and After Delivery. Medicina. 2011; 47(11):87. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47110087

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Vranes, Mile, Milos Velinovic, Natasa Kovacevic-Kostic, Dragutin Savic, Dejan Nikolic, and Radmila Karan. 2011. "Pregnancy-Related Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Patients With Marfan’s Syndrome: Medical and Surgical Management During Pregnancy and After Delivery" Medicina 47, no. 11: 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina47110087

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