Korean J Med.  2006 Feb;70(2):216-220.

A successful stenting of the coarctation of aorta in a patient with acute pulmonary edema

• Hwang SH
• Jeong MH
• Kim W
• Shim WH
• Kim HG
• Kim W
• Kang JC

Abstract

Coarctation of aorta is a rare vascular disorder which is one of causes of secondary hypertension. Since the early 1990s stenting in the coarctation of aorta has been introduced as an alternative treatment method, there were a few cases which were treated by stent implantation for the coarctation of the aorta in Korea. But the case which was treated using stent in congestive heart failure with pulmonary edema has never been reported. We report on successful management of a 64-year-old female patient, who presented with acute heart failure and pulmonary edema due to severe aortic coarctation. After endotracheal intubation, aortogram was performed, which revealed a severe narrowing in the distal thoracic aorta with a peak systolic pressure gradient of 100 mmHg across the lesion. Stent implantation was performed with 24x100 mm self-expandable Nitinol-S stent after predilation with 10x40 mm balloon. After stenting, patient's symptom and sign of congestive heart failure were remarkably improved and endotracheal intubation tube was able to be removed. And no significant adverse cardiac events observed during a nine-month clinical follow-up.

Keyword

Aorta; Coarctation; Angioplasty; Stents; Heart failure

MeSH Terms

Angioplasty
Aorta
Aorta, Thoracic
Aortic Coarctation*
Blood Pressure
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure
Humans
Hypertension
Intubation, Intratracheal
Korea
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Edema*
Stents*