single-stage or a two-stage procedure using hybrid techniques. Aortic valve replacement 2 weeks after stent implantation to the coarctation has been reported [21]. This technique necessitates an additional general anaesthetic procedure and lengthens the hospital stay. We performed a hybrid technique in three patients with coarctation and accompanying cardiac lesions. After stent deployment, we ...

A 5-year-old boy was found to have a congenital left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) aneurysm of the intervalvular fibrosa, LVOT obstruction after repair of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect, and aortic coarctation. The patient underwent successful plication of the aneurysm, resection of the fibrous subaortic stenosis, and septal myectomy.

OBJECTIVES The purpose was to evaluate long-term outcome following balloon angioplasty for coarctation in adults. BACKGROUND Long-term results of balloon angioplasty for native coarctation in adults remain incomplete, especially concerning the occurrence of aneurysm formation. METHODS Long-term follow-up data were collected in consecutive patients retrospectively. Results of balloon angiopl...

This report describes the formation of a true aneurysm 15 years after an internal mammary artery patch aortoplasty of an aortic coarctation. A true aneurysm was confirmed on histology. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case with such a complication. q 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

Uncorrected coarctation is rare and is known to cause hypertension in adult patients. Retrospective observational studies showed hypertension and occasionally aortic dissection to be the principal risks during pregnancy after correction of aortic coarctation. We present a case of a patient with known hypertension, who presented at 32 weeks of gestation. A saccular aortic aneurysm of 4.5 × 8.8 c...

Aortic aneurysm involves the aorta which is one of the large arteries through which blood passes from the heart to the rest of the body. Aortic aneurysm is a relatively common find‐ ing in the elderly patients because of aging, hypertension, or atherosclerosis, but it is rarely seen in childhood. In the adult population, the incidence of aortic aneurysm has been esti‐ mated to be 5.9 cases per ...

background: the p ulsatility index (pi) shows continuous blood flow to the end organs and is a significant factor believed to decrease in aortic coarctation. correction of this factor is of great importance in the treatment of stenotic lesions of the aorta. however, there are minimal data regarding the trend of changes in the pi after stent implantation. furthermore, the association between the...

Hemodynamic stress participates in the initiation and progression of aneurysmal degeneration. Coarctation increases flow-mediated stress on the aortic wall. We tested the hypothesis that prolonged coarctation of an infrarenal abdominal aorta (AA) segment leads to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation in mini pigs. An infrarenal AA segment of Taiwanese Lanyu mini pigs was wrapped with an 8 m...

This paper reports a rare case of a 65-year-old woman diagnosed with a multisaccular, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), 35 mm in diameter, which was revealed developing just distal to an abdominal aortic coarctation (AAC), with a 20 mmHg pressure gradient. The patient underwent corrective surgery for both lesions, with success. Intraoperatively, the aneurysm wall was found to be so thin and tran...

Bicuspid aortic valve and/or coarctation of the aorta are consistently associated with ascending aortic and para-coarctation medial abnormalities. Medial abnormalities in the ascending aorta are prevalent in other types of patients with a variety of forms congenital heart disease (CHD), such as single ventricle, persistent truncus arteriosus, transposition of the great arteries, hypoplastic lef...