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Paraplegia following percutaneous balloon angioplasty of aortic coarctation: A case report
Author(s) -
Ussia Gian Paolo,
Marasini Maurizio,
Pongiglione Giacomo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.1322
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , balloon , paraplegia , coarctation of the aorta , complication , aorta , percutaneous , thrombosis , surgery , cardiology , aneurysm , radiology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Balloon angioplasty of recurrent coarctation of the aorta is considered a low‐risk procedure with high success rate. In the literature, the major complications are death, rupture of the aorta, recoarctation, aneurysm formation, cerebrovascular accident, and femoral artery thrombosis. Spinal cord ischemia as an unusual complication of balloon angioplasty is reported. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;54:510–513. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.