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, ...

We report a case of a 46-year old man who presented with spontaneous bright red blood per mouth for several months. The patient had history of aortic coarctation repair at age 17. Endoscopy and nasopharyngeoscopy revealed no source of bleeding. Computed tomography scan revealed the presence of thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm with the formation of an aortobronchial fistula (ABF). This case illust...

OBJECTIVE 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. METHODS An asymmetric, funnel-shaped flow path was created by con...

Interrupted aortic arch in adults is rare with a limited number of reported cases. We describe a case of a 53-year-old woman with interrupted aortic arch, bicuspid aortic valve, and post-interruption saccular aneurysm of the aorta. To our knowledge, this is only the second report of an adult patient with all 3 abnormalities. We also review the literature on this unusual condition and discuss it...

BACKGROUND We studied whether the effectiveness of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms could be increased by preselecting high-risk subjects, based on the presence of risk indicators for the disease. METHODS In a population-based screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms among 5328 subjects living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, we studied four different strategies to ...

We report a 27 years old male who presented with a combination of both congenital and acquired cardiac defects. This syndrome complex includes congenital bicuspid aortic valve, Seller's grade II aortic regurgitation, juxta- subclavian coarctation, stenosis of ostium of left subclavian artery and ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm without any evidence of infective endocarditis. This type of con...

Background: Aortic coarctation poses a lifelong high cardiovascular risk, despite successful surgical or percutaneous management. Objective: To investigate whether an abnormal aortic function is involved in the higher cardiovascular risk in patients after correction of aortic coarctation. Methods: We recorded aortic pressure waveforms and elastic properties by MRI in 13 patients with normal blo...