Aortic coarctation complicated with multiple saccular aortic aneurysms.
Aortic coarctation is a congenital malformation of the aorta that should be diagnosed and corrected early in life. The natural history of unrepaired coarctation of the aorta includes the development of systemic hypertension and subsequent morbidity and death from cardiovascular disease. Here, we present a case with replacement of the aortic arch and its branches by tortuous multilobulated aneurysms as a result of untreated aortic coarctation.
Cevik
Cihan
C
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA. cihan.cevik@ttuhsc.edu
Elonu
Orhan
O
Nugent
Kenneth
K
Otahbachi
Mohammad
M
Jenkins
Leigh Ann
LA
D000328:Adult; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome