The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 69, 909-911, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Management of coarctation with multiple calcified aneurysms of the intercostal arteries in adults
GK Sethi, RG Norenberg, SM Scott and T Takaro
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, Oteen, N.C.
Coarctation of the aorta in adult patients carries an increased but
acceptable surgical risk. Our experience emphasizes the technical advantage
of an alternative, simpler surgical procedure, such as bypass grafting
between the subclavian artery and descending aorta, when one is faced with
a friable aorta and concomitant large aneurysms of the intercostal
arteries.