Abstract

Coarctação da aorta constitui um estreitamento de origem congênita na porção inicial da aorta torácica. Tem incidência de 6 a 8% em nascidos vivos. A apresentação clínica é variada. O tratamento de escolha é o cirúrgico. Relatamos um caso de paciente do sexo feminino de 31 anos, com queixa de dor constrictiva na região cervical, dispnéia e claudicação intermitente em membros inferiores, sendo diagnosticada coarctação da aorta associada a estenose aórtica grave, que foi tratada com combinação das técnicas implantação de stent endovascular e angioplastia por balão.

Highlights

  • Aortic coarctation is a congenital stenosis in the initial portion of the thoracic aorta

  • We report the case of a 31-year-old female patient with constrictive pain in the cervical region, dyspnea, and intermittent claudication of the lower limbs

  • She was diagnosed with aortic coarctation associated with severe aortic stenosis, which was treated using a combination of endovascular stent implantation and balloon angioplasty

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Summary

Introduction

Aortic coarctation is a congenital stenosis in the initial portion of the thoracic aorta. Tratamento endovascular em paciente portador de coarctação da aorta: relato de caso

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