A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
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Giulia de Miranda Taglialegna, Leila Katz, Larissa Mayara Aristóteles de Albuquerque, Milena Máximo de Freitas, Alexandre Jorge Gomes de Lucena, [...]
Giulia de Miranda Taglialegna, Leila Katz, Larissa Mayara Aristóteles de Albuquerque, Milena Máximo de Freitas, Alexandre Jorge Gomes de Lucena, [...]
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190044
Introduction Aortic complications during pregnancy can occur in women without risk factors, but they are more often associated with collagen diseases (Marfan and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes) and structural cardiac malformations (aortic coarctation and bivalve aortic valve)., Approximately half of these events occur during pregnancy in women under 40 years of age, particularly in the third trimester, or in the postpartum period. It is an extremely rare event, accounting for 0.1% to 0.4% of all aortic dissections, affecting 5.5 (95% CI: 4.0 […]
Keywords: Aneurysm, Dissecting/surgery; Aortic Coarction; Collagen Diseases/complications; Marfan Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome; Postpartum Period; Pregnancy