BACKGROUND Balloon angioplasty of native coarctation of the aorta, though effective, is frequently associated with early restenosis, repeated interventions and aneurysm formation, especially in very young patients. However, available long-term data are limited. METHODS From Jan. 1986 to Dec. 2007, eighty-eight patients with simple aortic coarctation, isolated or associated with patent ductus ...

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Coarctation is a narrowing of the aorta located between the first brachiocephalic vessel and the aortic bifurcation. When isolated coarctation is associated with congestive heart failure, it is considered clinically important,2 but what is "important" when the child is asymptomatic? Shaddy et all use as an entrance criterion "hemodynamically significant native coarctation of the aorta" without ...

the coarctation of the aorta (coa) is rare in adulthood. diagnosis is made by clinical suspicion and physical findings such as blood pressure difference between the upper and lower extremities, pulse delay in the femoral artery, and systolic murmur over the thoracic spine.the coa in adulthood and in patients with associated aneurysm is challenging and different complications even with proper tr...

background: it is well known that the development of brain oxidative stress is one of the most serious complications of arterial hypertension that evokes brain tissue damage. the aim of this study was to examine the effects of atorvastatin treatment (20 mg/kg/day), as an antioxidant, to prevent the brain tissue oxidative stress in the hypertensive (htn) rats. methods: experiments were performed...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital vascular lesion, usually diagnosed and corrected in childhood or early adulthood. Most of the untreated patients with aortic die before age 50 years. Coarctation cardiac lesions complex clinical situation that necessitates surgical treatment different pathologies strategies.
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Background: In recent decades, aortic stenting has become a promising alternative to surgery for both native coarctation and re-stenosis in children adults. However, comparative long-term outcomes have poorly been investigated. Methods: We included 212 patients with previous repair (19 ± 8.7 years) divided into 3 groups: 139 single-time surgical (CoA-S group); 18 percutaneous (CoA-PS 55 hybrid ...

The combination of coarctation of the aorta and aortic valvular stenosis is not well known, although the association of coarctation with aortic incompetence is generally recognized and usually attributed to an incompetent bicuspid aortic valve. Abbot (1928), in her review of coarctation, did not discuss its association with aortic valvular stenosis. However, she reported four cases of sub-aorti...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to analyze immediate results, rate of complications and re-interventions during medium-term outcome in pediatric patients with native or recurrent aortic coarctation. We focused on an age-related therapeutic approach comparing surgical and trans-catheter treatment. METHODS This is a retrospective, single-centre, clinical observational trial including 91 cons...

Background Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a congenital abnormality that is often associated with aortic coarctation. Evidence suggests this combination may increase the risk of secondary aortic complications compared to patients with BAV alone.[1] Altered aortic hemodynamics likely induce vascular remodeling[2] and may contribute to these complications. No study has investigated the impact of a...