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Ann Thorac Surg 1990;49:814-815
© 1990 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Unusually early recoarctation after extended end-to-end anastomosis in a neonate

The Hospital for Sick Children, London, England

Accepted for publication September 8, 1989.

^_* Address reprint requests to Mr Elliott, The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond St, London WC1N 3JH, England.

A seven-day-old neonate with aortic coarctation and hypoplastic aortic arch underwent extended end-to-end repair with no residual gradient. Eleven hours after repair, femoral pulses were not palpable and recoarctation was confirmed by echocardiography. After failure of prostaglandin E₂ infusion, a radically extended end-to-end anastomosis was performed eight days after initial repair. No recoarctation was evident 10 months after the second repair. The unusually early recoarctation was presumably due to residual and active duct tissue in the repair margins.

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