Surgical versus balloon therapy for aortic coarctation in infants ≤ 3 months old

Management of aortic coarctation in adults: endovascular versus surgical therapy.

the most commonly encountered congenital heart diseases, presenting either in isolation or in association with other cardiac defects. It comprises approximately 5-8% of all congenital heart defects and in the majority of cases it is diagnosed and treated during childhood. Aortic coarctation presenting during adult life most frequently represents cases of re-coarctation, following previous trans...

Balloon Angioplasty for Aortic Coarctation

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the use of endovascular intervention in managing native and recurrent aortic coarctation in adult patients. MethodsBalloon angioplasty was undertaken transfemorally in 16 patients (mean age 18.3 ± 4 years old) with arterial hypertension in 12 native and 4 recurrent aortic coarctations. Systolic pressure gradient measurements were taken peri-interve...

Balloon Angioplasty versus Surgical Repair of Coarctation of Aorta in Infants

BACKGROUND Coarctation of the aorta is a discrete stenosis of the proximal thoracic aorta. The common clinical pattern is congestive heart failure in infancy. Treatment methods include balloon angioplasty and surgical repair in this age group. Percutaneous balloon angioplasty is a less invasive method for the repair of discrete coarctation but remains controversial as a primary treatment strate...

BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY IN NATIVE AORTIC COARCTATION: RESULT S IN SHIRAZ AND REVIEW OF ARTICLES

Balloon angioplasty for aortic coarctation was introduced in 1979 for the fust time.1 This procedure soon became the choice treatment for restenosis of operated coarctation,2-5 but remains controversial for native (unoperated) coarctation. However, it seems to be rapidly becoming the intervention of choice for relief of unoperated coarctation as well. In this study, we evaluate the outcome ...

Balloon Dilatation and Stenting for Aortic Coarctation