Successful, Concurrent Cesarean Section and Type A Aortic Dissection Repair in a Patient With Marfan Syndrome and Sickle Cell Trait
Emily C. Scheffel, Lauryn A. Ridley, Gabriel A. Ramos, Jack Guiry, Beatriz Da Cruz Alves, Adanna C. Akujuo · 2026
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Emily C Scheffel leads a 2026 case report of a pregnant patient who needed a cesarean birth and repair of a torn aorta at the same time. The 23-year-old, at thirty-five weeks of pregnancy, had Marfan syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that weakens the aorta, plus sickle cell trait. She arrived with sudden back, belly, and chest pain.
Scans confirmed a tear running from the upper aorta down into the abdomen. Teams delivered the baby, replaced part of the aorta, and rebuilt a heart artery in one operation. Despite a complex course afterward, she had fewer blood-flow complications than earlier similar cases. The authors credit joint planning across specialties and careful heart-lung bypass technique.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Emily C. Scheffel, Lauryn A. Ridley, Gabriel A. Ramos, Jack Guiry, Beatriz Da Cruz Alves, Adanna C. Akujuo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10542 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |