Presentation of infantile aortic coarctation in an adult.
Rarely, the initial presentation of aortic coarctation, a congenital anomaly, occurs in adults. Surgical repair is indicated for symptomatic patients. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who underwent successful surgical repair of the infantile (preductal) type of aortic coarctation with use of an interposition graft.
Petrik
P V
PV
The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
Livesay
J J
JJ
Flamm
S D
SD
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans