Successful endovascular repair of spontaneous aortic rupture early postpartum.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akane-Foundation Tsuchiya General Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.

Published: September 2018

Endovascular repair of pregnancy-associated aortic disease is controversial because the long-term result is still unclear. We report a rare case of early postpartum spontaneous aortic rupture that was successfully treated by endovascular repair, with a good midterm result. Multiangle thin-slice images of contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a very small rupture point. It was successfully repaired by minimally invasive treatment.

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