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Severe Aortic Coarctation in a 75-Year-Old Woman: Total Simultaneous Repair of Aortic Coarctation and Severe Aortic Stenosis

  • Park, Ju-Hyun (Department of Cardiology, Busan St Mary’s Medical Center) ;
  • Chun, Kook-Jin (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Song, Sung-Gook (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Su (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Park, Yong-Hyun (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jun (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Choo, Ki-Seuk (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Kim, June-Hong (Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Kwon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital)
  • Published : 2012.01.31
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Abstract

Aortic coarctation is usually diagnosed and repaired in childhood and early adulthood. Survival of a patient with an uncorrected coarctation to more than 70 years of age is extremely unusual, and management strategies for these cases remain controversial. We present a case of a 75-year-old woman who was first diagnosed with aortic coarctation and severe aortic valve stenosis 5 years ago and who underwent a successful one-stage repair involving valve replacement and insertion of an extra-anatomical bypass graft from the ascending to the descending aorta.

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