Acquired lnfrarenal Abdominal Aortic Coarctation: Treatment with Percutaneous Self Expandable Stent

Abdominal aortic coarctation is an extremely rare vascularpathology. its etiology can be congenital or acquired . here wepresent a case of acquired infrarenal abdominal coarctation ina 66-year-old woman who complained of low back and legspain. she had no signs of resting lower limb ischemia , withdiminished distal pulses and normal blood pressure in upperand lower extremities. magnetic resonance angiography ofabdominal aorta , iliac and femoral arteries revealed localstenosis of abdominal aorta below the renal arteries (80% ofluminal diameter). the length of coarctation was 3 em. thepatient was scheduled for percutaneous aortoplasty and stentimplantation. nintinol self-expandable stent was implanted . at9 months clinical follow up no signs or symptoms of stenosisor diminished blood flow in lower extremities were found.self-expandable stent is effective, easy to implant, and hasgood adaptation to the wall of aorta and can be considered insuch cases successfully.