Successful Pregnancy After Cardiac Arrest in a Woman With Severe Coronary Vasospasm

Thara S Ali; Ashley K Russell; Yuliya Paulenka; Emily R Baker; Leigh C Hickerson; Cynthia C Taub; Kerrilynn C Hennessey

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102072

Successful Pregnancy After Cardiac Arrest in a Woman With Severe Coronary Vasospasm

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Dec 6:27:102072. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102072.

Authors

Thara S Ali¹, Ashley K Russell¹, Yuliya Paulenka¹, Emily R Baker², Leigh C Hickerson³, Cynthia C Taub¹, Kerrilynn C Hennessey¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Heart and Vascular Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
² Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
³ Section of Anesthesia, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.

Abstract

A 37-year-old gravida 5, para 3 woman presented with an unplanned pregnancy 6 weeks after experiencing a cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation from coronary vasospasm. She opted to continue the pregnancy with medical management despite ongoing chest pain and delivered a healthy female infant via vaginal delivery at 37 weeks.

Keywords: cardiac arrest; coronary vasospasm; pregnancy; ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports