Thoracoabdominal coarctation of the aorta: surgical repair in a 7-year-old boy.
Atypical coarctation of the lower descending or the abdominal aorta is a relatively rare disease which occurs in about 0.5 to 2% of all coarctation cases. The majority of these diseases present with circumscribed narrowing of the abdominal aorta. However, we treated a 7-year-old boy with a rare form: a long, diffuse hypoplasia of the thoracoabdominal aorta.
Nomura
Koji
K
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Nakamura
Yuzuru
Y
Iwanaka
Tadashi
T
Ko
Yoshihiro
Y
Kawashima
Hiroshi
H
Kinouchi
Katsushi
K
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures