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Secondary collapse of a Palmaz stent implanted for native aortic coarctation
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A 21 year old woman was referred for native aortic coarctation. At 6 months of age she had had a repair of an aorto-pulmonary window, at 12 months a surgical closure of an atrial septal defect, and at 7 years a left pneumonectomy. During the first years of life aortic coarctation was not discovered.
At presentation she had systemic …