TY - JOUR T1 - Contained aortic rupture in a term pregnant patient during the COVID-19 pandemic JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2020-238370 VL - 13 IS - 9 SP - e238370 AU - Kelly Bogaert AU - Kyrstin Christensen AU - Matthew Cagliostro AU - Lauren Ferrara Y1 - 2020/09/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/13/9/e238370.abstract N2 - Aortic dissection and rupture is a rare occurrence in pregnant and postpartum patients. This case discusses the presentation and diagnosis of a patient with an acute contained thoracic aortic aneurysm rupture at 38 weeks of gestation, after presenting with throat pain and syncope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The patient underwent emergent caesarean delivery for non-reassuring fetal heart tracing, following which continued syncope workup revealed an aortic aneurysm and pericardial effusion. Diagnosis in this case was finalised with multimodality imaging, including transthoracic echocardiogram, and the patient underwent surgical aortic repair. ER -