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  • Title: Aortic valvular insufficiency and postductal aortic coarctation with small aorta syndrome: one-stage surgical management using extra anatomic bypass through median sternotomy.
    Author: Mizumoto T, Tokui T, Hiraiwa T, Kinoshita T, Fujii H.
    Journal: Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2006 Nov; 54(11):496-9. PubMed ID: 17144602.
    Abstract:
    A 30-year-old man who had undergone repair for coarctation of the thoracic aorta at age 7 and mitral valve annuloplasty at age 9 was admitted for shortness of breath and claudication of both lower legs. The pre-operative angiogram showed severe aortic regurgitation, moderate coarctation of the thoracic aorta beyond the left subclavian artery, a degree of hypoplasia of the infrarenal abdominal aorta, and total occlusion of both external iliac arteries. Aortic valve replacement, ascending-to-bilateral femoral arterial bypass, and end expanded polytetra fluoro ethylene (ePTFE) graft-to-descending aorta bypass was performed via a median sternotomy. Ascending-to-descending aortic bypass via the posterior pericardium allows simultaneous intracardiac repair or an alternative approach for the patient with complex coarctation.
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