Katherine Smith, Bernard Gros
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.3, pp. 251-260, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12465
Abstract A well-established association exists between acute aortic dissection and pregnancy, particularly in
women with Marfan syndrome. However, there is debate regarding appropriate management
guidelines. In particular, there are differing opinions regarding when prophylactic aortic root repair
should be recommended as well as the efficacy of beta blockers in this clinical scenario. The current study evaluated 10 years of published literature (2005-2015) in the PubMed/Medline
database. Fifty articles, describing 72 cases of women who presented with aortic dissection in the
antepartum or postpartum period were identified. Comparisons on demographic variables and clinical outcomes between cases of women with Marfan syndrome (n… More >
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