Pulmonary artery rupture in pregnancy complicating patent ductus arteriosus
Fatal haemopericardium in a 27 year old pregnant woman was caused by rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. She had an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus and severe pulmonary hypertension. The wall of the pulmonary artery showed atherosclerosis and cystic medionecrosis.
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| Veröffentlicht in: | British Heart Journal 1992, Vol.68 (12), p.616 |
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| Format: | Report |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Fatal haemopericardium in a 27 year old pregnant woman was caused by rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the pulmonary artery. She had an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus and severe pulmonary hypertension. The wall of the pulmonary artery showed atherosclerosis and cystic medionecrosis. |
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| ISSN: | 0007-0769 1468-201X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/hrt.68.12.616 |