[Arterial reconstructive surgery of a coarctation of the abdominal aorta with involvement of renal and visceral arteries. Clinical and imagiologic evaluation 26 years after the operation].

The clinical case of a 13 years old female is reported, with the diagnosis of congenital coarctation of the abdominal aorta, with involvement of renal and visceral arteries, causing arterial hypertension and a systolic bruit in the auscultation of the epigastric and umbilical areas. Conventional angiography disclosed a stenotic process of the upper abdominal aorta, with concomitant ostial stenosis of the renal and digestive arteries, and post-stenotic dilatation of the celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery. The physical development of the patient, close to the adult pattern, allowed the performance of a complex revascularization procedure,accomplished in May 1984, consisting in the implantation of an aorto-aortic bypass graft, through the diaphragm, followed by visceral and renal revascularization, by means of independent prosthesis taken from the aortic bypass. The post-operative course was uneventful and blood pressure returned immediately to normal levels. Reviewed recently, the patient was found in good clinical condition,asymptomatic and with normal blood pressure, developing a normal family, social and Professional life. An Angio-CT evaluation, performed in February 2010, almost 26 years after the operation, revealed the complex revascularization procedure patent and working in excellent condition. To our knowledge, this seems to be the longest follow up of such a procedure employed successfully in a very rare clinical entity, thus justifying its presentation and divulgation.