Key result
Repeated transcatheter angioplasty resolves severe aortic coarctation in a 900 g infant without recurrence.
Why the study?
Severe aortic coarctation in a donor of twin-twin transfusion syndrome weighing 900 g presents unique treatment challenges requiring evaluation of transcatheter angioplasty approaches.
Repeated transcatheter angioplasty can be successfully and safely performed in extremely low birth weight infants with severe aortic coarctation.
We present a case of severe aortic coarctation in a donor of twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Patients underwent two angioplasty procedures at age 7 and 47 days, weighing 900 and 1500 g, respectively. Umbilical artery approach was used in the first procedure, and femoral artery approach was used in the second. Follow-up at the age of 13 months showed no recurrence of coarctation.
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Al‐Ammouri et al. (2014) studied this question. Repeated transcatheter angioplasty successfully treated severe aortic coarctation in a 900 g twin-twin transfusion syndrome donor, with no recurrence at 13 months.
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