title: Treatment of aortic aneurysm with covered stent. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. dinate@portugalmail.pt
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: A Marinho
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anjos
authors.forename: F Maymone
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sá e Melo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents