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Cerebral ischaemia after repair of coarctation of the aorta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2014

Maria Gogou ,
Anastasia Keivanidou  and
Andreas Giannopoulos
Maria Gogou*
Affiliation:
2nd Pediatric Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, University General Hospital AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece
Anastasia Keivanidou
Affiliation:
2nd Pediatric Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, University General Hospital AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece
Andreas Giannopoulos
Affiliation:
2nd Pediatric Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, University General Hospital AHEPA, Thessaloniki, Greece
*
Correspondence to: M. Gogou, MD, Dimitriou Nika 44, Katerini 60 100, Greece. Tel: +0 030 697 890 5873; Fax: +0 030 235 107 4625; E-mail: mariaangogou@gmail.com
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Abstract

A 9-year-old boy, with a history of repair of severe coarctation of the aorta through balloon angioplasty 2 weeks ago, presented in the emergency paediatric department with symptoms consistent with transient cerebral ischaemia. MRI revealed an area of cerebral infarction in the right frontal lobe. Causes of cerebral ischaemia after aortic coarctation repair are briefly discussed.

Keywords

Coarctation of the aortastrokecerebral ischaemiachildren
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , April 2015 , pp. 780 - 782
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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