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1: Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Sep-Oct;24(5):488-9.Click here to read Links

Acute occlusion of a simple aortic coarctation presenting as abdominal angina.

Ingu A, Morikawa M, Fuse S, Abe T.

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South 1 West 17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8543, Japan.

A 9-year-old boy whose past history was remarkable for a heart murmur was diagnosed with abdominal angina due to acute occlusion of a simple coarctation of the aorta. Using a single cross-clamp, we accomplished an end-to-end anastomosis after resection of the coarctation. Paradoxical hypertension and abdominal angina were treated successfully with a continuous intravenous infusion of lipo-PGE-1 and nicardipine. Three years after his operation, the patient's blood pressure was normal, with no stenosis at the site of the anastmosis.

PMID: 14627320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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