Surgical treatment for isolated coarctation of the aorta in an adult patient

Katsushi Yamashita; Kazuya Suzuki; Hitoshi Terada; Naoki Washiyama; Kazuhiro Ohkura; Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar

doi:10.1007/s11748-008-0246-7

Surgical treatment for isolated coarctation of the aorta in an adult patient

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jul;56(7):340-3. doi: 10.1007/s11748-008-0246-7. Epub 2008 Jul 8.

Authors

Katsushi Yamashita¹, Kazuya Suzuki, Hitoshi Terada, Naoki Washiyama, Kazuhiro Ohkura, Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. dbi6011@hama-med.ac.jp

PMID: 18607681
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0246-7

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman developed heart failure due to severe hypertension of the upper half of the body caused by coarctation of the aorta. From the available surgical options for this condition, we selected bypass grafting from the left subclavian artery to the descending aorta for this patient.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Coarctation / complications
Aortic Coarctation / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Coarctation / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Fascia Lata / transplantation
Female
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery
Humans
Hypertension / etiology
Hypertension / surgery
Middle Aged
Radiography, Thoracic
Severity of Illness Index
Subclavian Artery / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome