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Joerg Seeburger1, Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr, Volkmar Falk

  • 1Heartcenter, Leipzig University, Struempelstrasse 39, 04289 Leipzig, Germany. j.seeburger@web.de

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|January 30, 2007
PubMed

A 29-year-old Marfan patient at 17 weeks of gestation was diagnosed with acute type A aortic dissection and severe aortic regurgitation. Aortic valve and aortic arch replacement was successfully performed under circulatory arrest with deep hypothermia. At 34 weeks of gestation, the patient underwent a cesarean section and delivered a healthy baby.

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