title: True aneurysm of a Dacron tube graft 19 years after repair of coarctation of the aorta.
abstract: We report a 31-year old woman who presented with acute onset of shortness of breath 19 years after multiple repairs of a preductal coarctation of the aorta using a Dacron tube graft. Imaging studies showed an aneurysm had developed in the tube graft. The aneurysmal tube graft was replaced during an open repair.
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom. saina.attaran@kcl.ac.uk
authors: Saina
authors: S
authors: Attaran
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Field
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Kuduvalli
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Desmond
authors: Aung
authors: A
authors: Oo
authors: Abbas
authors: A
authors: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates