Anaesthetic Management in a pregnant patient with Acute Type B Aortic Dissection; A case report

Abstract

Aortic dissection is rare but fatal disaster during pregnancy, which is principally caused by the physiologic changes in pregnancy. It needs to make a integrative treatment strategy and define the time and method of procedure to save the life of mother and fetus. We present a healthy young pregnant woman in the early second trimester, diagnosed as a aortic dissection type B. She underwent a successful emergent termination of pregnancy under general anesthesia and then followed up by medical therapy that led uneventful postoperative course.