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Coral Reef Aorta: Case Reports and Review of the Literature

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1 Coral Reef Aorta: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
R.C. Minnee, M.M. Idu, R. Balm  EJVES Extra  Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages (March 2005) DOI: /j.ejvsextra Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Preoperative angiography and CT-angiography of case I that shows a severe stenosis just above the renal arteries with extended calcificaties. EJVES Extra 2005 9, 39-43DOI: ( /j.ejvsextra ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Primary closed aortotomy after tromboendarterectomy and removal of the coral reef like plaque of case I. EJVES Extra 2005 9, 39-43DOI: ( /j.ejvsextra ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

4 Fig. 3 Pre- and postoperative angiography of case II.
EJVES Extra 2005 9, 39-43DOI: ( /j.ejvsextra ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

5 Fig. 4 The axial CT-angiography of case III shows an unusual calcified obstructive suprarenal intra-aortic lesion, strongly resembling coral reef. The CT-reconstruction image shows the suprarenal involvement of the abdominal aorta with a fully occluded left iliac artery. EJVES Extra 2005 9, 39-43DOI: ( /j.ejvsextra ) Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions


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