Abstract

BARRERA, Juan G et al. Endovascular treatment of an aneurysm of the descending aorta in an adolescent with Marfan syndrome. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.1, pp.42-46. ISSN 0120-5633.

We describe the case of a 14-year-old adolescent with Marfan syndrome and a history of three previous cardiovascular surgeries: aortic and mitral valve replacement at the age of 5 and aortic valve replacement and reconstruction of the thoracic aorta with a tube of bovine pericardium at the age of ten. In the first surgical procedure the aortic valve was replaced by a mechanical valve, and mitral and tricuspid valvuloplasty was performed. In a second surgical procedure during the same hospitalization, endovascular exclusion of the asymptomatic descending aortic aneurysm was realized without complications. Before discharge, a type II endoleak was diagnosed and managed through clinical observation. After a year of the procedure, clinical and tomographic controls are satisfactory.

Keywords : Marfan syndrome; thoracic aorta; endovascular procedures.

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