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A 51-year-old woman developed heart failure due to severe hypertension of the upper half of the body caused by coarctation of the aorta. From the available surgical options for this condition, we selected bypass grafting from the left subclavian artery to the descending aorta for this patient.
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Yamashita, K., Suzuki, K., Terada, H. et al. Surgical treatment for isolated coarctation of the aorta in an adult patient. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 56, 340–343 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-008-0246-7
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