Unusual coarctation-the PHACE syndrome: report of three cases.
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2008
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Congenital heart disease
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OBJECTIVES: To report the clinical features, nature of vasculopathy observed and the management instituted in three cases of PHACE syndrome.RESULTS: All three patients were noted to have diffuse vasculopathy and aortic arch hypoplasia in addition to aortic coarctation adding substantial surgical risk or making surgery palliative.CONCLUSION: PHACE syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aortic coarctation associated with aortic arch hypoplasia.
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Cardiology
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Congenital heart disease. 3; 3; 205-8