Late rupture of a superior intercostal artery following repair of aortic coarctation.
Having had surgical repair of aortic coarctation at the age of 12 years, and re-operation at the age of 19 years for stenosis at the site of the previous repair, a 29 years old man presented as an emergency with a 24 hour history of interscapular pain, haemoptysis and collapse. At thoracotomy he was found to have a ruptured superior intercostal artery which was ligated. Spontaneous rupture of an intercostal artery has not been previously recorded.
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Wessex Regional Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Shirley, England.
Lamb
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Gray
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013895:Thoracic Arteries; D013997:Time Factors