Treatment of abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm with covered stents in a pediatric patient.
An occasional complication of redilating stents placed in children is false aneurysm. We report the use of covered stents to treat a false aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in an adolescent girl with neurofibromatosis and abdominal coarctation of the aorta.
Khan
M S
MS
The Heart Center for Children, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA.
Moore
J W
JW
D000293:Adolescent; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002932:Cineangiography; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000150:complications; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible