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SUBMITTER: Singh N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6146849 | biostudies-other | 2018 Sep-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Singh Navdeep N Athwani Vivek V Bansal Vikas V Kundra Shaveta S
Annals of pediatric cardiology 20180901 3
We report a case of a 6-year-old female child with Takayasu's aorto-arteritis (TA) with severe coarctation of the aorta which resulted in an aortic dissection post-ballooning. This happened despite ensuring that markers for disease activity were negative, with appropriate corticosteroid therapy started before the procedure, and using a low-profile, low-pressure, and slightly undersized balloon for dilating the stenotic segment. It required immediate endovascular stenting to tide over the crisis. ...[more]