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Surgical Repair of Middle Aortic Syndrome in a Three‐Year‐Old Patient
Author(s) -
Ayik Fatih,
Engin Cagatay,
Ertugay Serkan,
Atay Yüksel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01322.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aorta , hypoplasia , aortic repair , thoracic aorta , surgery , aorta , heart failure , cardiology
Middle aortic syndrome is a rare variation of aortic coarctation that is localized to the distal thoracic and abdominal aorta, and can involve the visceral and renal arteries. Irreversible organ damage and end‐stage congestive heart failure may be the possible harmful complications of this disease in untreated patients. We report a three‐year‐old patient with diffuse thoracic and abdominal aorta hypoplasia treated with a thoracic to abdominal aortic bypass graft. (J Card Surg 2011;26:659‐662)