Tandem coarctations of thoracic and abdominal aorta with intervening hypoplastic thoracic aorta: treatment with unilateral axillofemoral graft.
Tandem coarctations of the thoracic and abdominal aorta with an intervening segment of hypoplastic thoracic aorta were discovered unexpectedly in a 14-year-old boy brought to the emergency room for a displaced fracture of the radius. After the fracture healed, the boy's potentially dangerous anomalies were treated successfully with a unilateral axillofemoral prosthetic graft. This has remained patent for 42 months, and the boy has done well.
D000293:Adolescent; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography