title: Surgical management of aortic coarctation associated with ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm.
abstract: We report two patients with coarctation of the aorta who were admitted to the hospital with ruptured cerebral artery aneurysms. In both patients, we surgically treated the coarctation and later repaired the intracranial lesion. One patient, a 34-year-old woman, is alive and well after 3 years; whereas, the other, a 19-year-old man, did not survive. We discuss the sequence for surgery, which continues to be subjected to debate.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Surgery Unit, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aris
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Bonnin
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Solé
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Padró
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bartomeus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Molet
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Caralps