A surgical case of atypical aortic coarctation using cardiopulmonary bypass

We report a 44-year-old woman with atypical aortic coarctation accompanied by cerebral artery disease. She was hospitalized for vertigo. An extra-anat omic bypass between the ascending aorta and abdominal aorta was performed u sing partial cardiopulmonary bypass under moderate hypothermia to reduce th e after load of the left ventricle and maintain cerebral blood now and cere bral perfusion pressure. The postoperative course was uneventful and there was no postoperative neurological deficiency.