Multiple coronary artery dissections in a woman at term.
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چکیده
We report a case of acute myocardial infarction caused by multiple coronary artery dissections in a pregnant woman at term. When reinfarction elicited fetal distress, Caesarean section was performed under carefully administered extradural anaesthesia, with maternal and fetal survival.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British journal of anaesthesia
دوره 71 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993