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.
Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA. cihan.cevik@ttuhsc.edu
Cihan
C
Cevik
Orhan
O
Elonu
Kenneth
K
Nugent
Mohammad
M
Otahbachi
Leigh Ann
LA
Jenkins
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