U. Aydogan et al., LATE DEVELOPMENT OF DISSECTING ANEURYSM FOLLOWING BALLOON ANGIOPLASTYOF NATIVE AORTIC COARCTATION, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 36(3), 1995, pp. 226-229
Acute aortic dissection during balloon angioplasty for coarctation of
the aorta or aneurysm formation during follow-up are well-known compli
cations of this procedure. Dissecting aneurysm development during long
-term follow-up after balloon angioplasty of a native coarctation has
not been previously reported. We report a case in which a huge dissect
ing aneurysm developed 3 years after the native coarctation angioplast
y procedure. The aneurysm required surgical repair. (C) 1995 Wiley-Lis
s, Inc.