Surgical repair of middle aortic syndrome in a three-year-old patient.
Middle aortic syndrome is a rare variation of aortic coarctation that is localized to the distal thoracic and abdominal aorta, and can involve the visceral and renal arteries. Irreversible organ damage and end-stage congestive heart failure may be the possible harmful complications of this disease in untreated patients. We report a three-year-old patient with diffuse thoracic and abdominal aorta hypoplasia treated with a thoracic to abdominal aortic bypass graft.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Fatih
F
Ayik
Cagatay
C
Engin
Serkan
S
Ertugay
Yüksel
Y
Atay
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome