Coarctation with Concomitant Cardiovascular Pathologies

Aortic coarctation is known as a local tightening of the aortic wall due to a local abnormality of the aortic media layer causing a reduction or complete obstruction of its lumen. Of all congenital heart defects, aortic coarctation occurs in about 8-10% of the cases and may be isolated or accompanied by other congenital defects. Ðrough a leÑ– lateral thoracotomy, the surgical treatment of the coarctation has been achieved by many techniques which were reproducible, safe, and eوٴective. Ten to fiÑ–y percent of the corrected patients will experience a recoarctation depending on their ages during the primary correction and most importantly the implemented surgical technique; the highest is with patch aortoplasty.