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Abstract : Coarctation of the descending aorta is associated with significant cardiac lesions in up to 50% of the patients. Under such circumstances, surgical management requires consideration of the nature of the associated lesion which usually requires a median sternotomy for surgical correction. Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is, therefore, rarely associated with lesions that are amenable to surgical correction through a thoracotomy incision. In this case report, we report a case of COA with significant associated cardiac disease that was repaired through a left thoracotomy incision. A 13-year-old boy was found to have COA and also partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the left upper pulmonary vein to the innominate vein. Both the lesions were surgically corrected simultaneously through a thoracotomy.