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Leaking aortic aneurysm after repair of coarctation of the aorta: the significance of haemoptysis and magnetic resonance imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

S. S. S. Lo ,
P. J. Kilner  and
J. Somerville
S. S. S. Lo
Affiliation:
Grown Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
P. J. Kilner
Affiliation:
Magnetic Resonance Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
J. Somerville*
Affiliation:
Grown Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
*
Dr J Somerville, Grown Up Congenital Heart Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London SW3 6NPU.K. Tel: 0171-3518600; Fax: 0171-3518629
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Abstract

We discuss a patient with recoarctation of the aorta who, 4 weeks after reoperation, presented with fresh haemoptysis and was subsequently found at delayed emergency surgery to have a leaking false aortic aneurysm. The case emphasizes the significance of haemoptysis following repair of recoarctation, the difficulty of reoperation due to abnormalities of the aortic wall, and the value of serial magnetic resonance imaging in demonstrating regions of different signal intensity from haemorrhages of varying age around a leaking false aortic aneurysm.

Keywords

Coarctationhaemoptysisaneurysmmagnetic resonance imaging
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 340 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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