Coarctation of aorta is frequently associated with severe valvular aortic stenosis. The authors report a case of severe, persistent postoperative coarcta tion of aorta and severe aortic stenosis who was given successful palliative treat ment with percutaneous balloon dilation of both sites of obstruction. This is, to the best of their knowledge, the first report of such an intervention in this group of patients.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Tawes RL, Berry CL, Aberdeen E.: Congenital bicuspid aortic valves associated with coarctation of aorta in children. Br Heart J31:127-128, 1969.
2.
Smith DE, Matthews MB: Aortic valvular stenosis with coarctation of aorta: Special reference to development of aortic stenosis upon congenital bicuspid aortic valves. Br Heart J17:198-206, 1955.
3.
Liberthson RA , Pennington DG, Jacobs ML, et al: Coarctation of aorta: Review of 234 patients and clarification of management problems. Am J Cardiol43:835-840, 1979.
4.
Lock JE, Bass JL, Amplatz, K., et al: Balloon dilatation angioplasty of aortic coarctation in infants and children. Circulation68:109-116, 1983.
5.
Ritter SB: Coarctation and balloons: Inflated or realistic ?J Am Coll Cardiol13:696-698, 1989.
6.
Cribier A., Gerber LI, Letac B.: Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty: The French experience. In: Textbook of Interventional Cardiology, ed. by Topol EJ.Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1990, p 849.
7.
Shrivastava S., Das GD, Dev V., et al: Follow-up after percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty for non-calcific aortic stenosis. Am J Cardiol65:250-252, 1990.
8.
Sholler GF, Keane JF, Perry SB, et al: Balloon dilatation of congenital aortic valvular stenosis. Circulation78:351-360, 1988.
9.
Ribeiro PA, AI Zaibag M., Halim M., et al: Percutaneous single and double balloon aortic valvulotomy in adolescents and young adults with congenital aortic stenosis. Eur Heart J9:866-870, 1988.
10.
Simon AB, Zlotto AE: Coarctation of aorta. Long term assessment of operated patients. Ciruclation50:456-464, 1974.
11.
Silver MA, Roberts WC: Detailed anatomy of the normally functioning aortic valve in hearts of normals and increased weight. Am J Cardiol55:454-461, 1985.
