Pregnancy and delivery in a patient with aortic prosthesis for Leriche syndrome

CONTEXT: Leriche syndrome is a thrombotic obliteration of the bifurcation of the aorta, a rare condition that usually affects older men as a result of atherosclerosis. Women of childbearing age rarely need a vascular prosthesis (as a result of Leriche syndrome or other conditions) and there is no li...

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Main Authors: Nelson Sass, Antonio Henrique Moura Poli, Maria Regina Torloni, Paula Gabriela Monteagudo Gibim, Januário de Andrade, Nilo Mitsuro Izukwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802003000100009&lng=en&tlng=en