1. Emergent cesarean section in the catheterization laboratory for spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
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Sundaram V, Chaudhry SP, Reddy YN, Longenecker CT, and Fang JC
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- Adult, Coronary Angiography, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Vessel Anomalies complications, Defibrillators, Implantable, Diagnosis, Differential, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Vascular Diseases complications, Vascular Diseases diagnosis, Vascular Diseases surgery, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left etiology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left therapy, Cesarean Section, Coronary Vessel Anomalies diagnosis, Coronary Vessel Anomalies surgery, Emergencies, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular diagnosis, Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular surgery, Vascular Diseases congenital
- Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome in pregnant women. Delay in the diagnosis might lead to substantial maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Although there have been reports of SCAD in pregnancy, to our knowledge, there have been no reports of maternal and fetal hemodynamic compromise related to SCAD leading to emergent delivery of fetus in the cardiac catheterization laboratory., (Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2015
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