title: Congestive heart failure due to coral reef thoracoabdominal aorta.
abstract: Acquired coarctation due to coral reefs is a rare and unique entity characterized by extensively calcified thrombus of the entire aorta. There are few reports of coral reef aorta resulting in severely congestive heart failure in the literature. We describe a 60-year-old female with acute heart failure. Computed tomography (CT)-scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that the cause of the heart failure was cardiac after-load mismatch due to serious stenosis of the aorta. In order to prevent cardio-respiratory failure, an axillofemoral bypass was performed to release the cardiac after-load mismatch. This diminished the pressure gradient between upper and lower blood pressure that caused cardiac dysfunction.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kinki University, School of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama City, Osaka, Japan. t-satsu@lilac.tky.plala.or.jp
authors: Takuma
authors: T
authors: Satsu
authors: Toshihiko
authors: T
authors: Saga
authors: Toshio
authors: T
authors: Kaneda
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Imura
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D061205:Vascular Calcification / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery