PMID: 15226862Sep 1, 1986Paper

Surgical management of aortic coarctation associated with ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm

Texas Heart Institute Journal
A ArisJ M Caralps

Abstract

We report two patients with coarctation of the aorta who were admitted to the hospital with ruptured cerebral artery aneurysms. In both patients, we surgically treated the coarctation and later repaired the intracranial lesion. One patient, a 34-year-old woman, is alive and well after 3 years; whereas, the other, a 19-year-old man, did not survive. We discuss the sequence for surgery, which continues to be subjected to debate.

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