Massachusetts Medical Society
Author:
- John Figgis JewettJJJohn Figgis Jewett
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 298 (22) , 1255-1256
Abstract
COMMITTEE ON MATERNAL WELFARETwo Dissecting Coronary-Artery Aneurysms Post PartumCase 1. Between the ages of 21 and 40 years an apparently normal woman was delivered at term of four infants of average birth weight. The pregnancies, parturitions and puerperia were uneventful. During the final pregnancy, excellent prenatal care had begun at 12 weeks, physical and laboratory data being within normal limits except for a hemoglobin of 76 per cent (Sahli) and a borderline blood pressure of 150/80 mm Hg throughout. Total weight gain had been 13 kg. A carefully scrutinized past history was unremarkable. At term, an easy labor . . .Keywords
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