title: Use of Palmaz stents in a newborn with congenital aneurysms and coarctation of the abdominal aorta.
abstract: Anomalies of the abdominal aorta are rare in the pediatric population limiting the reported knowledge base from which management decisions can be made. A 3-week-old male with congenital abdominal aortic coarctation and multiple aneurysms presented with malignant hypertension. We report the safe deployment of overlapping Palmaz stents using a 4-French catheter delivery system with significant relief of the coarctation gradient and restoration of adequate renal perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballweg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liniger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rocchini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gajarski
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler