Maia et al Coarctation of the aorta corrected during childhood

Coarctation of the aorta corrected during childhood. Clinical aspects during follow-up Update Coarctation of the aorta was first corrected by Clarence Crafoord in 1944 in Sweden, when the area of coarctation was resected and an end-to-end anastomosis was perfor-med in the aorta 1. Since then, several surgical techniques have been developed aiming to correct the lesion, to norma-lize the level of systemic blood pressure, to prolong survival and to reduce the prevalence of residual or recurrent coarc-tation, which was significant at the time end-to-end anasto-mosis was performed. Among these techniques, isthmus-plasty with or without a patch is included 2,3. Later on, the left subclavian artery was used as a graft, associated or not with the resection of the area of coarctation. This techniqu