TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta during the second trimester of pregnancy JO - Annals of thoracic surgery A1 - Lemermeyer, G. A1 - Talwar, M. K. A1 - Mullen, J. C. A1 - Klassen, N. SP - 1541 EP - 1543 VL - 61 IS - 5 N2 - A 36-year-old woman in the second trimester of pregnancy underwent emergent operative repair of a traumatic aortic disruption caused by a motor vehicle accident. Left atrial-to-femoral artery bypass was used to maintain fetal circulation during the cross-clamp period. Her healthy, full-term child was subsequently delivered 3 months later by normal vaginal delivery.

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