European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 306-309, September 2008

Successful Treatment of a Patient with a Severely Calcified Aorta by an Ascending Aorta to Iliac Artery Graft – A Case Report

  • B. Rantner

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. B. Rantner, MD, PhD, Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Tel.: +43 512 504 80811.
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  • G. Fraedrich

Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Received 25 January 2008; accepted 3 March 2008. published online 16 May 2008.

Abstract 

Coral reef aorta is a rare, unique entity with extensive calcification of the entire aorta, mainly the supra- and juxtarenal part. The main symptoms are lower limb claudication, hypertension, deterioration of renal function and angina abdominalis.

We report a case of successful treatment of a patient with a coral reef aorta by an ascending aorta to iliac artery bypass graft. Five years later the descending aorta was found to be completely occluded with visceral and distal perfusion via the bypass only.

Keywords: Coral reef aorta, Ascending aorta to iliac artery graft

 

PII: S1078-5884(08)00173-1

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.03.004

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 306-309, September 2008

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