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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2021; 09(01): 035-037
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1736672
Case Report

Aortic Dissection in a Case of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Tania Tabassum 
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
Andrew Brazier 
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
Miguel Garcia
2   Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
Victoria Pettemerides
3   Department of Cardiology, Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
,
James Barnard 
1   Department of Cardiac Surgery, Manchester University National Health Service Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Management of acute Type A aortic dissection can be complicated by patient comorbidities. We describe the case of a 29-year-old female with preexisting peripartum cardiomyopathy who developed a Type A dissection. Surgery was performed and venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was instituted. She left hospital on the 71st postoperative day. It is extremely rare for a patient with cardiomyopathy to develop an aortic dissection. Deferring this patient's surgery to an ECMO center was crucial for her survival.

Keywords

ECMO - peripartum cardiomyopathy - Type A aortic dissection - cardiomyopathy


Publication History

Received: 25 January 2020

Accepted: 02 October 2020

Article published online:
04 October 2021

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