title: Percutaneous reconstruction of the continuity of a functionally interrupted aortic arch using a stent.
abstract: A case of a 26-year-old man without continuity of blood flow in the level of the isthmus of the aorta is described. During interventional catheterization, we reconstructed this continuity and implanted a vascular stent.
authors.affiliation: Division of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Centre for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland. jkusa@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kusa
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkutnik
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Białkowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents