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. 2011 Oct;19(10):436-9.
doi: 10.1007/s12471-011-0198-x.

Percutaneous treatment of native aortic coarctation in adults

P Luijendijk  1 , S M Boekholdt, N A Blom, M Groenink, A P Backx, B J Bouma, B J M Mulder, R J De Winter
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Percutaneous treatment of native aortic coarctation in adults

P Luijendijk et al. Neth Heart J. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Aortic coarctation is a common congenital cardiac defect, which can be diagnosed over a wide range of ages and with varying degrees of severity. We present two cases of patients diagnosed with aortic coarctation in adulthood. Both patients were treated by an endovascular approach. These cases demonstrate the variety of indications in which percutaneous treatment is an excellent alternative for surgical treatment in adult native coarctation patients.

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Fig. 1
Magnetic resonance imaging in native aortic coarctation. a. MRI reconstruction image demonstrating the many collateral arteries b. Late gadolinium MRI image demonstrating the severe coarctation accompanied by the collateral arteries
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Fig. 2
Percutaneus stent-implantation for aortic coarctation a. Angiographic image before stent expansion in case A b. Angiographic image after stent expansion in case A
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Fig. 3
Transthoracic echocardiography in case B a. Apical four-chamber view demonstrating the dilated left ventricle b. The typical sawtooth pattern with continuous flow on continuous wave Doppler interrogation in aortic coarctation
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