Congenital coarctation of the lower thoracic aorta. A rare surgically correctable cause of hypertension in the young--case report.
We report a case of congenital coarctation of the lower thoracic aorta. The patient, a 15-year-old man, presenting with the signs of classical coarctation, had the diagnosis confirmed by an aortography. A good surgical result was achieved by means of resection of the internal shelf and aortoplasty using a bovine pericardium patch. One year after the operation the patient has normal blood pressure with good femoral pulses.
Amaral
F T
FT
Division of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Hospital do Coração-Fundação Waldemar B. Pessoa, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ribeiro
P J
PJ
Salgado
H C
HC
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques