Coarctation of the Aorta in Adult: Report of three Cases and Review of the Literture

대동맥(大動脈) 축착증(縮窄症)의 임상적(臨床的) 고찰(考察)

  • Published : 1976.12.01

Abstract

Coarctation of the aorta is an important congenital cardiovascular defect,. which occurs in a significant number of persons. The basic anatomic defect is a localized deformity of the media, manifested by two types of strictures in the aorta: "true" coarctation and tubular hypoplasia. The zone of coarctation is characteristically located distal to the origin of left subclavian artery at or just beyond the insertion of the ligamentum arteriosum. It shortens life if untreated, but it can be corrected to render the patient functionally normal. Here we have a 2-year operative experiences with 3 cases of the aortic coarctation, two of hypoplastic type and one of postductal type, at age of 17 to 19 year old Korean, operated in 1965 and l968 at the National Medical Center. The purposes of this report are to describe the immediate and late effect of surgery, histopathologic bases and the rarity of this lesions in Korea.

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