Park JH, Chun KJ, Song SG, Kim JS, Park YH, Kim J, Choo KS, Kim JH, Lee SK. Severe aortic coarctation in a 75-year-old woman: total simultaneous repair of aortic coarctation and severe aortic stenosis.
Korean Circ J 2012;
42:62-4. [PMID:
22363387 PMCID:
PMC3283758 DOI:
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.1.62]
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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.
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