Early Diagnosis and Repair of Double Saccular Aneurysms of the Aortic Arch Associated With Aortic Coarctation in an Infant With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 Mar;7(2):234-7. doi: 10.1177/2150135115589606. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Abstract

Multiple saccular aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in neonates and infants are exceedingly rare. An association of these aneurysms with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) in older age-groups is well known. This case report describes the diagnosis and subsequent successful repair of aortic coarctation associated with double saccular aneurysms of the thoracic aorta in patient with LDS during the first year of life.

Keywords: Loeys-Dietz syndrome; aortic arch aneurysms; coarctation; infant; repair.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Coarctation / diagnosis*
  • Aortic Coarctation / surgery
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Early Medical Intervention
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Infant
  • Loeys-Dietz Syndrome*
  • Male
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed