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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:969-970
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Brief Communication

Challenges in early cardiothoracic surgery: Aortic homograft transplantation in coarctation, a 44-year follow-up

R. von Wattenwyl, MD*, M.T.R. Grapow, MD, D.C. Reineke, MD, H.-R. Zerkowski, MD

Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.

Received for publication March 16, 2006; accepted for publication April 10, 2006.

* Address for reprints: R. von Wattenwyl, MD, Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. (Email: vonwattenwylr@uhbs.ch).

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We present the case of a woman now 72 years old whom we were surprised to find up and healthy in our outpatient clinic.

Clinical Summary

In 2001, a 68-year-old patient came in for a routine checkup in our outpatient clinic. In 1957, she had undergone an operative correction of a coarctation of the aorta. This operation was performed by Rudolph Nissen (1896-1981), who was at the time professor of surgery at the University of Basel. While still in school, the patient had hypertension . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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