Rerouting of Cerebral Circulation

R. Allen Ligon, MD; Denver Sallee, MD; Sassan Hashemi, MD; Clifford M. Hawkins, MD; Christopher J. Petit, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

Rerouting of Cerebral Circulation

R. Allen Ligon, MD,
Denver Sallee, MD,
Sassan Hashemi, MD,
Clifford M. Hawkins, MD,
Christopher J. Petit, MD

Affiliations

R. Allen Ligon, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. R. Allen Ligon, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, 1405 East Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Denver Sallee, MD: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Sassan Hashemi, MD: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Clifford M. Hawkins, MD: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Christopher J. Petit, MD: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 6
pp. 855 – 859

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We describe an adolescent with long-standing atresia of the head/neck arteries and severe aortic coarctation. Because of progressive symptoms, a series of interventions was undertaken to provide direct aorta–to–carotid artery flow and coarctation treatment. This case highlights the unusual physiological features associated with atresia of all head and neck arteries. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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