Echocardiogram-Guided Stenting of a Critical Aortic Coarctation in an Extremely Low Weight Preterm Infant

Abstract

We report a case of critical aortic coarctation in an extremely low birth weight preterm infant weighing 600 g that was successfully treated with interventional stent implantation. The intervention was guided by echocardiography without using contrast agent due to associated renal failure. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Keywords

• aortic coarctation
• congenital heart defect
• echocardiography