title: [Obstructive calcification of the descending thoracic aorta and suprarenal abdominal aorta. 2 cases].
abstract: Two cases of obstructive calcification of the aorta treated by surgery are reported. The disease is extremely rare, notably in the aortic segments involved in these two cases. Its clinical features were similar to those of coarctation. Intraluminal proliferative calcifications were present in the descending thoracic aorta of the first patient who underwent aortic resection with Dacron replacement prosthesis and in the suprarenal segment of the abdominal aorta of the second patient for whom an extra-anatomical bypass between the ascending aorta and the upper abdominal aorta was performed. The first patients remains with moderate arterial hypertension after 4 years; arterial pressure returned to normal in the second patient and is still normal after 15 months.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Despins
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duveau
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Michaud
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: De Lajartre
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Petitier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dupon
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Maladie obstructive calcifiante de l'aorte thoracique descendante et de l'aorte abdominale sus-rénale. Deux observations.