title: Presentation of infantile aortic coarctation in an adult.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77030, USA.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Petrik
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Livesay
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Flamm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans