Covered stents deployed for coarctation of aorta with aneurysm.

ABSTRACT

Three patients presented to us with upper extremity hypertension and aortic coarctation. Aortic angiograms and spiral computerized tomography delineated the anatomy at the site of coarctation and the associated small aneurysmal dilation. They were taken up for percutaneous stenting of the coarctation segment with cheathum-platinum covered stents. Post-deployment, there was a significant fall in pullback gradients and exclusion of the aneurysms.