Single coronary artery and dissecting aneurysm of ascending aorta following resection of coarctation of aorta

摘要

A patient who developed a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta 14 years after satisfactory resection of a coarctation of the aorta is reported. He was found to have an absent right coronary artery at necropsy following unsuccessful excision and repair of the aneurysm.