Should balloon angioplasty be used instead of surgery for native aortic coarctation?
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Should balloon angioplasty be used instead of surgery for native aortic coarctation?
Editorial Should balloon angioplasty be used instead of surgery for native aortic coarctation? Several groups have used transluminal balloon angioplasty of native aortic coarctation to treat aortic coarctation since the technique was first described in the early 1 980s. Arguments about whether balloon angioplasty is an effective and safe alternative to surgery have been intensified by reports t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.1.86