Pregnant woman with spontaneous coronary dissection successfully resurrected: case report
Keywords:
Dissection, Coronary Disease, Resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, PregnancyAbstract
Background: Spontaneous coronary dissection is a disruption of the arterial wall, with clinical manifestations ranging from unstable angina to sudden cardiac death. It is presented a case of an obstetric patient who is successfully resuscitated after a spontaneous coronary dissection.
Clinical case: 37-year-old female patient with a 33-week pregnancy and a history of preeclampsia in the previous pregnancy. She consulted for a 30-min chest pain. After her admission, the patient presented loss of consciousness and cardiorespiratory arrest. Basic and advanced life supports were given and then she was transferred to the intensive care unit where a dissection of the right coronary artery was diagnosed. After 14 days, the patient was discharged from the hospital without neurological sequelae.
Conclusions: Spontaneous coronary dissection in the obstetric patient corresponds to a medical emergency, in which pharmacological and surgical measures must be implemented early in order to promote the fetal maternal well-being.
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