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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 3, 278-281, Copyright © 1989 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Right-sided intrathoracic bypass graft for complex or recurrent coarctation of the aorta

MA Karolczak, R McKay and R Arnold
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, UK.

A simple technique is described for the interposition of a tube graft between the ascending and descending aorta in the right chest. Directing the graft posteriorly preserves the integrity of the pericardium and avoids potential damage to the prosthesis at a subsequent sternotomy for open heart surgery. This procedure was used successfully and without complication in an 18-month-old boy who had undergone two previous operations for coarctation of the aorta, and in a 20-year-old girl with William's syndrome and diffuse hypoplasia of the distal aortic arch.

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