Lethal acute aortic dissection complicated with ischemic bowels in the third trimester of pregnancy: A case report

• Main Authors: Kun-Long Huang (Author), Leo Leung-Chit Tsang (Author), Hsu-Ting Yen (Author), Yu-Lun Chou (Author), Ching-Chang Tsai (Author), Hsin-Hsin Cheng (Author), Yun-Ju Lai (Author), Yu-Chen Chen (Author), Yu-Jen Huang (Author), Kuo-Chung Lan (Author), Te-Yao Hsu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Aortic dissection is a rare but lethal disease. We demonstrate a rare case of acute complicated Stanford type A aortic dissection in the third trimester. Case report: A 41-year-old primiparous patient with chronic hypertension was brought to our emergency department at 34 weeks of gestati...