Percutaneous reconstruction of the continuity of a functionally interrupted aortic arch using a stent.
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.
Kusa
Jacek
J
Division of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Centre for Heart Disease, Zabrze, Poland. jkusa@poczta.onet.pl
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Białkowski
Jacek
J
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