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Aortic dissection late after repair of congenital aortic coarctation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

John Peterson  and
Douglas Moodie
John Peterson
Affiliation:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Douglas Moodie*
Affiliation:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
*
Douglas Moodie, M.D., M.S., Department of Pediatric Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A120, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA. Tel: 216/444–6717; Fax: 216/445–7792; E-mail: [email protected].
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Abstract

Aortic dissection is one of several complications that can be seen late after repair of aortic coarctation. We report an unusual presentation of this complication, and review the pertinent literature.

Keywords

adult coarctationpost-op aortic dissection.
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , July 2000 , pp. 405 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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