Uncomplicated vaginal delivery 5 years after acute traumatic aortic transection and transluminal endovascular aortic repair

Ruth Roseingrave; Carla Canniffe; Fionnuala McAuliffe; Ingrid Browne; Mary Higgins; Siobhan Corcoran

doi:10.1177/1753495X241233332

Uncomplicated vaginal delivery 5 years after acute traumatic aortic transection and transluminal endovascular aortic repair

Obstet Med. 2024 Feb 28:1753495X241233332. doi: 10.1177/1753495X241233332. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ruth Roseingrave¹, Carla Canniffe², Fionnuala McAuliffe¹, Ingrid Browne¹, Mary Higgins¹, Siobhan Corcoran¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, Ireland.
² Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 40-year-old patient who sustained an aortic transection in 2016 following a road traffic accident and had two subsequent full-term pregnancies. This case adds to the literature on pregnancy after endovascular aortic repair.

Keywords: Maternal medicine; cardiovascular; high-risk pregnancy; pregnancy complications; transluminal endovascular aortic repair; traumatic aortic transection.