title: Covered stents deployed for coarctation of aorta with aneurysm.
abstract: Three patients presented to us with upper extremity hypertension and aortic coarctation. Aortic angiograms and spiral computerized tomography delineated the anatomy at the site of coarctation and the associated small aneurysmal dilation. They were taken up for percutaneous stenting of the coarctation segment with cheathum-platinum covered stents. Post-deployment, there was a significant fall in pullback gradients and exclusion of the aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi.
authors.forename: Bhanu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duggal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: Poonam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khurana
authors.forename: Savitri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents