Dissecting transverse aortic arch aneurysm after percutaneous transluminal balloon dilation angioplasty of an aortic coarctation

Abstract
Percutaneous transluminal balloon dilation angioplasty of an aortic coarctation was done in a one-day-old boy. The infant died 10 h later during aortic valvotomy. A dissecting aneurysm of the aortic arch was present at autopsy.