Abdominal pain after stenting for aortic coarctation

Fei Jintao; Wang Xingang; Wu Wenhui; Ma Wei

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.004

Abdominal pain after stenting for aortic coarctation

J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2020 Nov 18;6(4):678-680. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.11.004. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Fei Jintao¹, Wang Xingang¹, Wu Wenhui², Ma Wei¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
² Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

A 56-year-old man underwent stenting for treatment of coarctation of the aorta. He subsequently developed severe abdominal pain and paradoxical postoperative hypertension. Abdominal computed tomography revealed two long mesenteric artery lesions. After potent antihypertensive therapy, he did not develop intestinal necrosis, and he was discharged with no recurrent abdominal pain. Although postcoarctectomy syndrome is rare in the current era of nonsurgical intervention for coarctation of the aorta, it can still occur and should be carefully managed to prevent intestinal necrosis.

Keywords: Coarctation of aorta; Postcoarctectomy syndrome; Stent.

Publication types

Case Reports