Paraparesis in adult aortic coarctation: Reversal by stent supported angioplasty

Aortic coarctation presenting with neurological complications as compressive myelopathy is rare. We report a case of a 43-year-old, hypertensive, female who presented with gradually progressive paraparesis over 4 years. She was diagnosed to be having coarctation of the aorta with intra-spinal collat...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiology cases 2022-09, Vol.26 (3), p.200-203
Hauptverfasser: Tyagi, Sanjay, Bansal, Ankit, Gupta, Mohit D., Narang, Poonam, Gupta, Himanshu, Batra, Vishal, Girish, M.P.
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Zusammenfassung:Aortic coarctation presenting with neurological complications as compressive myelopathy is rare. We report a case of a 43-year-old, hypertensive, female who presented with gradually progressive paraparesis over 4 years. She was diagnosed to be having coarctation of the aorta with intra-spinal collaterals causing compressive myelopathy. She underwent successful percutaneous endovascular implantation of a balloon-expandable aortic stent to relieve her aortic coarctation. This led to regression of her intra-spinal collaterals relieving her cord compression. This nonsurgical modality treatment proved to be safe and effective in relieving her hypertension and neurological complication of paraparesis. •To recognize that paraparesis can be a rare manifestation of coarctation of the aorta.•To highlight the importance of treating the primary pathology of coarctation of the aorta in such critically ill therapeutically challenging patients.
ISSN:1878-5409
1878-5409
DOI:10.1016/j.jccase.2022.04.009