title: An unusual type of combined aortic coarctation due to fibromuscular dysplasia.
abstract: A 3-year-old patient is described with an unusual form of co-arctation due to hypoplasia of the transverse arch and fibromuscular dysplasia involving a long segment of the thoracic aorta. Surgical repair required resection of the aorta from the distal transverse arch to the mid-descending thoracic aorta, and replacement with a 16-mm Dacron interposition graft. This case demonstrates the importance of preoperative evaluation of the entire aorta in the presence of co-arctation due to fibromuscular dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43614-5809, USA.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kurczynski
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Bove
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000209:etiology*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans