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A glimpse from the past: adult coarctation repair after 30 years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2018

Andreas Paschalis  and
Ioannis Dimarakis Open the ORCID record for Ioannis Dimarakis [Opens in a new window]
Andreas Paschalis
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
Ioannis Dimarakis*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
*
Author for correspondence: I. Dimarakis, MD PhD FRCS CTh, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester M23 9LT, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 161 291 2686; Fax: +44 161 291 2685; E-mail: jdimarakis@nhs.net
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Abstract

We present a case of asymptomatic residual coarctation following combined resection and isthmusplasty with implantation of the left internal thoracic artery distal to the repair 30 years ago.

Keywords

CHD in adultsadult coarctationsurgical technique
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 5 , May 2018 , pp. 730 - 731
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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