Learning that your baby has coarctation (pronounced ko-ahrk-TAY-shun) of the aorta can be a scary time for any parent, and you likely have many questions about what this means for your baby and their ...
3 Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands 5 Department of Pediatric ...
Aortic coarctation is a congenital condition characterised by a narrowing of the aortic lumen, which creates significant alterations in blood flow and pressure gradients. Although surgical or ...
TO OUR knowledge coarctation of the aorta in association with complete heart block and Adams–Stokes syndrome has not previously been reported. The patient in the case reported below was first observed ...
Young patients who receive stents to treat coarctation of the aorta see good hemodynamic results over the long term, combined data from the COAST and COAST II trials show, but late follow-up from ...
Background A 20-year-old male presented with a history of systemic hypertension. Examination revealed a systolic murmur with an early ejection click, and femoral pulses were markedly reduced.
Researchers from the Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium (CCISC) who evaluated the intermediate and long-term results of stent implantation for aortic coarctation found that ...
Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is a relatively common cardiovascular congenital anomaly. It can be seen in up to 6 per 1000 live births. Rare cardiovascular anomalies have been found to be associated ...
Implantation of a covered stent results in high procedural success and good short-term outcomes for the treatment of patients with a congenital narrowing of the aorta, according to results of the ...
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Coarctation is the term used to describe a narrowing in the wall of a vessel. Coarctation of the aorta is narrowing of the aorta, the main artery that delivers oxygen-rich blood from the heart, around ...