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Published on: July 18, 2014
Case report: Acute right ventricular dysfunction after surgery in a pregnant patient with congenital heart disease
Junhai Hao1,2, Siyi Liu1,2, Tucheng Sun3
1Department of Intensive Care Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract:
Pregnant women with aortic dissection are hemodynamically outmost complex patients. The two major diagnoses that should be considered in pregnant patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) and acute type A aortic dissection presenting with postoperative right ventricular dysfunction are pulmonary thromboembolism and right ventricular infarction. We present a rare case of postoperative right ventricular dysfunction in pregnant women with CHD and acute aortic dissection, which was diagnosed by pulmonary computed tomography angiography and treated by percutaneous coronary intervention.
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