Successful Treatment of Aortic Coarctation in an Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant with Balloon Angioplasty

Abstract

In our case report, we present a case of successful antegrade balloon angioplasty performed via the femoral vein on a 980-gram neonate with severe coarctation of the aorta. Upon reviewing the literature, we found no cases of balloon angioplasty for coarctation performed via the femoral vein in infants with a lower birth weight than in our case. Our aim is to underline that each patient may require individual evaluation and management options.

Keywords

aortic coarctation - balloon angioplasty - extremely low birth weight infant

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