Treatment of aortic aneurysm with covered stent. Case report.
The authors present the case of a thirteen-year-old boy with aortic coarctation, which was surgically corrected at the age of 2.5 months. He subsequently developed recoarctation, which was treated with balloon dilatation. Recently, recoarctation and an aortic aneurysm were observed, which were corrected with covered stent implantation. We discuss various techniques for correction of aortic coarctation, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.
Rodrigues
Dina
D
Unidade de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. dinate@portugalmail.pt
da Silva
A Marinho
AM
Anjos
Rui
R
Martins
F Maymone
FM
Sá e Melo
António
A
D000293:Adolescent; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents