Open AccessNative aortic coarctation in neonates and infants: Immediate and midterm outcomes with balloon angioplasty and surgery
Author(s) -
Supratim Sen,
Sandeep Garg,
Sumathi Rao,
Snehal Kulkarni
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_165_17
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , angioplasty , surgery , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , group b , hypoplasia , single center , intracardiac injection , presentation (obstetrics) , cardiology , multivariate analysis
Native aortic coarctation in young infants can be treated surgically or with balloon angioplasty, although the latter approach remains controversial. We sought to compare midterm outcomes of balloon and surgical coarctoplasty at our center and to review the current practices in literature.