Infarction of ileum following resection of coarctation of the aorta

Postcoarctectomy Syndrome

“…15 The marked intimai proliferation seen in Fig 2 has not been stressed and deserves some comment. The laparotomy on our patient (case 4) was performed six weeks following resec¬ tion of his coarctation; whereas the above find¬ ings were observed in tissues removed earlier in the postcoarctectomy period.…”