| Transcatheter treatment of "complex" aortic coarctation. | |
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PMID: 20665872 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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A young woman, submitted to aortic coarctation repair in early infancy, was referred with clinical and echocardiographic signs of severe recoarctation. Spiral CT scan confirmed the aortic isthmus obstruction but imaged also a huge aneurysm distal to the coarctation site, from which arose a large aberrant right subclavian artery. In cardiac catheterization, this vessel showed an upper-to-lower flow direction and its closure was deemed mandatory to abolish a major feeding source to the aneurysmal sack. Thus, this anomalous vessel was occluded with an Amplatzer Duct Occluder device and multiple covered Cheatham-Platinum stents were telescopically implanted into the thoracic aorta to dilate the coarctation and exclude the aneurysm. In conclusion, percutaneous transcatheter treatment is feasible, safe, and cost-effective even in aortic arch obstructions with complex anatomic arrangement. |
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Giuseppe Santoro; Shakeel Qureshi; Maria Giovanna Russo |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions Volume: 76 ISSN: 1522-726X ISO Abbreviation: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Publication Date: 2010 Aug |
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Created Date: 2010-07-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100884139 Medline TA: Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 247-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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Department of Cardiology, 2nd University of Naples, Monaldi Hospital, Via Vito Lembo 14, Naples, Italy. santoropino@tin.it |
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