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Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Acute aortic dissection (Stanford type B) during pregnancy

Journal of Perinatology volume 33, pages 484–485 (2013)Cite this article

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We report a case of acute aortic dissection (Stanford type B) that occurred in pregnant woman at 34-week gestation. She had no systemic characteristics of Marfan syndrome, however she exhibited a mutation of FBN1, Arg 545 Cys, which has been found to correlate with ectopia lentis but not with aortic dissection.

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  1. Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

    S Katsuragi, R Neki, J Yoshimatsu & T Ikeda

  2. Department of Bioscience and Genetics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

    H Morisaki & T Morisaki

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Katsuragi, S., Neki, R., Yoshimatsu, J. et al. Acute aortic dissection (Stanford type B) during pregnancy. J Perinatol 33, 484–485 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2012.123

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