Open AccessCombined cesarean delivery and repair of acute aortic dissection at 34 weeks of pregnancy during COVID-19 outbreak: A case report
Author(s) -
Liwei Liu,
Li Luo,
Lu Li,
Liang Yu,
Mu Jin,
Jun Zhu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i15.3644
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pregnancy , aortic dissection , outbreak , cesarean delivery , obstetrics , surgery , aorta , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , genetics
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the exclusion of a patient from COVID-19 should be performed before surgery. However, patients with type A acute aortic dissection (AAD) during pregnancy can seriously endanger the health of either the mother or fetus that requires emergency surgical treatment without the test for COVID-19.