title: Late rupture of a superior intercostal artery following repair of aortic coarctation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wessex Regional Cardiothoracic Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Shirley, England.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chanarin
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: 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