Immediate post-operative balloon dilatation of neonatal long segment stenosis of the descending thoracic aorta.
Overview
abstract
During surgical repair of a neonatal coarctation it was recognized that this was a rare, previously undescribed form of stenosis of the entire descending thoracic aorta. A few hours after the end-to-end surgical repair, the child underwent successful balloon angioplasty, involving the entire descending thoracic aorta, and in which we intentionally avoided the surgical site.
