True Aneurysm of a Dacron Tube Graft 19 Years After Repair of Coarctation of the Aorta

We report a 31-year old woman who presented with acute onset of shortness of breath 19 years after multiple repairs of a preductal coarctation of the aorta using a Dacron tube graft. Imaging studies showed an aneurysm had developed in the tube graft. The aneurysmal tube graft was replaced during an...

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Published inThe Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 1000 - 1001
Main Authors Attaran, Saina, MRCS, Field, Mark, FRCS, Kuduvalli, Manoj, FRCS, Desmond, Michael, FRCA, Oo, Aung, FRCS, Rashid, Abbas, FRCS
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.09.2010
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Aneurysm
Aortic Coarctation - surgery
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Diseases of the aorta
Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pneumology
Polyethylene Terephthalates
Prosthesis Failure
Surgery
Time Factors
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Aortic coarctation
Corrective surgery
Tube
Aneurysm
Cardiovascular disease
Congenital disease
Arterial disease
Vascular disease
Treatment
Malformation
Anesthesia
Graft
Circulatory system
Cardiology
Repair
Aortic disease
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Summary:We report a 31-year old woman who presented with acute onset of shortness of breath 19 years after multiple repairs of a preductal coarctation of the aorta using a Dacron tube graft. Imaging studies showed an aneurysm had developed in the tube graft. The aneurysmal tube graft was replaced during an open repair.
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ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.082