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Aortic Coarctation Repair in the Adult
Author(s) -
Cardoso Goncalo,
Abecasis Miguel,
Anjos Rui,
Marques Marta,
Koukoulis Giovanna,
Aguiar Carlos,
Neves José Pedro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12367
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous , calcification , disease , radiology , surgery , cardiology
Aortic coarctation can be repaired surgically or percutaneously. The decision should be made according to the anatomy and location of the coarctation, age of the patient, presence of other cardiac lesions, and other anatomic determinants (extensive collaterals or aortic calcification). This article reviews the different therapeutic options available, explaining the differences between children and adults, describing different approaches to the same disease, exemplified by three cases of nonclassic surgical approach and one percutaneous treatment. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12367 (J Card Surg 2014;29:512–518)