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Infective endocarditis, thoracic aortitis, and mycotic aneurysm formation complicating balloon angioplasty of aortic coarctation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2012

Ahmet Çağrı Aykan ,
Mustafa Yıldız  and
Mehmet Özkan
Ahmet Çağrı Aykan*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Istanbul, Turkey
Mustafa Yıldız
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Mehmet Özkan
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Dr A.Ç. Aykan, MD, Department of Cardiology, Ahi Evren Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery Education and Research Hospital, Soğuksu Mah, Çamlık Street, PK: 61040 Trabzon, Turkey. Tel: +905058689461; Fax: +904622310483; E-mail: ahmetaykan@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Coarctation of the aorta is a rare congenital anomaly usually accompanying bicuspid aortic valve. Adult patients with aortic coarctation can be managed either with surgery or percutaneously. Here we present a case of percutaneously treated aortic coarctation complicated with infective endocarditis of the aortic valve, thoracic aortitis, and thoracic mycotic aneurysm.

Keywords

Percutaneous interventionabscessbicuspid aortic valve
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2013 , pp. 138 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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