OBJECTIVES To validate ascending aorta-lower abdominal aorta bypass grafting treatment for patients with descending aortic coarctation and an aortic valve disease. METHODS The three patients in whom a descending atypical aortic coarctation was associated with an aortic valve disease were treated with one stage surgical treatment with aortic bypass grafting through the diaphragm and aortic val...

BACKGROUND Bare stents has become the first line therapy for aortic coarctation. Covered stents has been reported more recently in clinical practice. OBJECTIVES The present study, reports comparatively 15-year experience of bare and covered stent implantation for aortic coarctation in a single tertiary referral center. METHODS From 1997 to 2011, 143 patients with native or postoperative aor...

BACKGROUND Coarctation of the aorta in the adulthood is sometimes associated with additional cardiovascular pathologies that require intervention. Ideal approach in such patients is uncertain. Anatomic left-sided short aortic bypass from the arcus aorta to descending aorta via median sternotomy allows simultaneous repair of both complex aortic coarctation and concomitant cardiac operation. MA...

The combination of right aortic arch with aberrant left brachiocephalic artery and aortic coarctation is very rare. Here, we report the case of a 3.1-kg neonate with multiple malformations who received detailed preoperative anatomical definition by chest computed tomography (CT) scan and eventually underwent one-stage repair at the age of 17 days. The surgical technique included left brachiocep...

This communication describes and discusses the results obtained in studying central and )eripheral arterial pressure pulses in man by means of retrograde aortic catheterization. The pressure pulse transformation and pulse transmission in the aorticobrachial system are presented and compared with comparable tracings reported in the dog. Several normal subjects and patients with hypertension, aor...

Aortic coarctation is one of the most frequently observed congenital cardiac diseases and has been defined as a stenosis in a segment of the aorta (1). This stenosis is just distal to where the left subclavian artery branches off, and right across from the insertion of ductus arteriosus to the aorta in 98% of cases (2). The incidence of aortic coarctation is 1/2500 live births, and is seen twic...

Among 119 cases of fatal dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, exclusive of those iatrogenically caused or associated with arachnodactyly or aortic stenosis, there were observed 11 cases of congenital bicuspid aortic valve (9%). The ages ranged from 17 to 69 years, five of the patients being 29 years old or younger. Among the latter, three had coarctation of the aorta and one had Turner's syndrome ...

Balloon dilation angioplasty (BDA) was attempted nine times in eight infants and children with aortic coarctation. In three infants (all with associated ventricular septal defect or atrioventricular canal and marked hemodynamic instability) dilation was attempted at a site of aortic narrowing that had not been operated on previously. Although the coarctation gradient fell 40% or more over the s...

RATIONALE Coarctation of aorta in adulthood is usually complicated by other cardiovascular anomalies, posing great technical challenge for intervention. PATIENT CONCERNS Here, we report an extremely rare case of aortic arch coarctation combined with a poststenotic biloculated calcified aneurysm and hypoplastic left subclavian artery. INTERVENTIONS First, an extra-anatomic bypass was establi...

cating artery was first described by Robinson and demonstrated on angiography by Isherwood and Dutton, 44 cases have been reported (1, 2). Most cases demonstrate unilateral involvement and only 10 cases of bilateral involvement have been reported out of the 45 cases, including the case described in this report. Although cerebral aneurysms are frequently associated with this congenital anomaly, ...