ACTA2 mutation and postpartum hemorrhage: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ACTA2 encodes smooth muscle specific α-actin, a critical component or the contractile complex of vascular smooth muscle. Mutations in ACTA2 are the most common genetic cause of thoracic aortic aneurysm, and are also the cause of other disorders, including Moyamoya disease, coronary artery disease and stroke as well as Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome. We note that ACTA2 is also expressed in uterine smooth muscle, and this raises the possibility that women harboring ACTA2 mutations might exhibit uterine smooth muscle dysfunction.

Case presentation

We present a young woman whose ACTA2 mutation was ascertained during pregnancy because of her father's history of dissecting aneurysms. She was delivered at full term by cesarean section and subsequently h

SUBMITTER: Cooper K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5715517 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature