title: Severe aortic coarctation in a 75-year-old woman: total simultaneous repair of aortic coarctation and severe aortic stenosis.
abstract: Aortic coarctation is usually diagnosed and repaired in childhood and early adulthood. Survival of a patient with an uncorrected coarctation to more than 70 years of age is extremely unusual, and management strategies for these cases remain controversial. We present a case of a 75-year-old woman who was first diagnosed with aortic coarctation and severe aortic valve stenosis 5 years ago and who underwent a successful one-stage repair involving valve replacement and insertion of an extra-anatomical bypass graft from the ascending to the descending aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Busan St Mary's Medical Center, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Kook Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: Sung Gook
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jeong Su
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki Seuk
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: June Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Kwon
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lee