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Appearance of a localized bulge in the anterior aspect of the descending aorta after balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation—aneurysm or reopening of the arterial duct?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Omar Galal ,
Michael Vogel  and
Per Bjoernstad
Omar Galal*
Affiliation:
From the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, München
Michael Vogel
Affiliation:
Riyadh and the Kinderklinik, Deutsches Herzzentrum, München
Per Bjoernstad
Affiliation:
From the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, München
*
Dr. Omar Galal,Cardiovascular Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, P.O. BOX 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. Tel. 966-1-464-7272 Ext. 2090;Fax. 966-1-42-7482.
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Summary

Balloon dilation of native aortic coarctation was performed in a three-month-old boy. Angiography immediately after dilation revealed a localized bulge on the anterior as pect of the descending aorta interpreted initially as an aneurysm. Angiography four months later, however, failed to detect this bulge. We speculate that the early aneurysmal appearance of the anterior wall of the aorta may have been caused by factors other than a tear in the aortic adventitia.

Keywords

Balloon angioplastynative aortic coarcation
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 70 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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