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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1976;47:358-360
© 1976 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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THE MARFAN SYNDROME AND PREGNANCY

SHERMAN ELIAS, MD and RICHARD L. BERKOWITZ, MD, FACOG

Departments of Human Genetics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven. Connecticut.

Abstract

The patient described had the Marfan syndrome complicated by a 22-week pregnancy. Because pregnancy potentiates the cardiovascular complications of aortic aneurysm or dissection and there is a 50% risk of having a child afflicted with the disorder, this pregnancy was electively terminated by hysterotomy along with a bilateral tubal ligation. The risks of pregnancy to a woman with the Marfan syndrome are reviewed. The rationale for the method of pregnancy termination chosen is discussed.






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