Descending aortic aneurysm associated with coarctation.
A large aneurysm of the descending aorta associated with coarctation is an extremely rare congenital coronary abnormality. This report presents a case of descending aortic large aneurysm associated with coarctation, which was confirmed by 16-slice computed tomography.
Department of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Command, 627#, Wuluo Road, Wuchangqu, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, People's Republic of China. zhudandan2008@163.com
Shui-Bo
SB
Zhu
Jian
J
Zhu
Er-Ping
EP
Xi
Xing-Hua
XH
Zhang
D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed