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Case Reports
. 2019 Jan 27;7(3):435-437.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1962. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Transulnar access for coronary intervention in a 23-year-old with accelerated coronary atherosclerosis due to congenital aortic hypoplasia

Jonathan D Dawkins  1 , Ari M Cedars  1   2 , Jeffrey M Schussler  1   2   3
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Case Reports

Transulnar access for coronary intervention in a 23-year-old with accelerated coronary atherosclerosis due to congenital aortic hypoplasia

Jonathan D Dawkins et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

The use of alternative arterial access and advanced imaging is not only applicable to mainstream adult cardiology, but helpful and sometimes necessary in taking care of adult patients with complex congenital heart disease.

Keywords: aortic hypoplasia; atherosclerosis; congenital; translunar; transradial.

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Conflict of interest statement

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Figure 1
A 23‐y‐old patient with congenital aortic hypoplasia: surgical aortic bypass demonstrated by computed tomography (panel A). A high‐grade stenosis is seen of the right coronary artery (RCA) by computed tomographic coronary angiography (panel B) as well as invasive coronary angiography (panel C). Invasive coronary angiography of the RCA post stent placement (panel D)
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