Patient identified with interrupted aortic arch and 22q11.2 deletion syndrome in late pregnancy: a case report
Kejun Pu, Mengya Yang, Meng Xia, Shuxin He, Hongbi Song, Jing Wu · 2024
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Description
Kejun Pu and five co-authors report a 2024 case of a rare heart defect found late in pregnancy. The defect, an interrupted aortic arch, is a gap in the main artery leaving the heart. Most cases are found in newborns, and few adults carry it unnoticed. The patient, a woman in her twenties, had a first pregnancy with no clear problems.
During her second pregnancy she developed a fast heart rate, and a heart ultrasound showed the gap. Gene testing traced the cause to a missing piece of chromosome 22, a known syndrome. A team of specialists lowered the pressure in her lung arteries and eased the load on her heart. Both mother and baby did well. The authors urge care teams not to dismiss heart symptoms that arise in pregnancy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kejun Pu, Mengya Yang, Meng Xia, Shuxin He, Hongbi Song, Jing Wu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |