title: Percutaneous balloon aortoplasty of recoarctation: an alternative approach using the axillary artery.
abstract: A female infant, presenting with congestive cardiac failure at 6 weeks of age, was found to have severe juxtaductal coarctation of the aorta and multiple ventricular septal defects. She underwent resection of the coarctation with end-to-end anastomosis. Four months postoperatively, she developed severe recoarctation with impalpable femoral pulses. Successful balloon aortoplasty was carried out using a percutaneous approach via the right axillary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, U.K.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D001366:Axillary Artery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence