Open AccessPercutaneous Balloon Angioplasty for Severe Native Aortic Coarctation in Young Infants Less Than 6 Months
Author(s) -
Lan He,
Fang Liu,
Lin Wu,
Chenze Qi,
Lifeng Zhang,
Guoying Huang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.155069
Subject(s) - medicine , coarctation of the aorta , cardiology , cardiac catheterization , angioplasty , balloon , percutaneous , balloon dilation , heart failure , surgery , aorta
Although balloon angioplasty (BA) has been performed for more than 20 years, its use as a treatment for native coarctation of the aorta (CoA) during childhood, especially in young infants, remains controversial. This study aimed to assess the effects and potential role of percutaneous transcatheter BA for native CoA as an alternative therapy to surgical repair in young infants.