Diagnosis, imaging and clinical management of aortic coarctation

EJ Dijkema, T Leiner, HB Grotenhuis - Heart, 2017 - heart.bmj.com
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a well-known congenital heart disease (CHD), which is
often associated with several other cardiac and vascular anomalies, such as bicuspid aortic …

Current status and future potential of transcatheter interventions in congenital heart disease

DP Kenny, ZM Hijazi - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Percutaneous therapies for congenital heart disease have evolved rapidly in the past 3
decades. This has occurred despite limited investment from industry and support from …

Adverse outcome of coarctation stenting in patients with Turner syndrome

AT van den Hoven, AL Duijnhouwer… - Catheterization and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study examines the outcome and procedural outcomes of percutaneous
stent angioplasty for aortic coarctation in patients with Turner syndrome (TS). Background …

Midterm to long‐term safety and efficacy of self‐expandable nitinol stent implantation for coarctation of aorta in adults

AM Haji Zeinali, M Sadeghian… - Catheterization and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Endovascular treatment of coarctation of aorta (CoA) by self‐expandable Nitinol
stents is one of the recognized treatment methods and may be an alternative to surgery or …

Surgical management of aortic coarctation in adolescents and adults

K Yin, Z Zhang, Y Lin, C Guo, Y Sun… - … and thoracic surgery, 2017 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES: Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in adolescents and adults is often complicated
by other cardiac or aortic problems and may carry additional surgical difficulties. Limited …

Stent therapy for aortic coarctation in children< 30 kg: use of the low profile valeo stent

SL Kang, A Tometzki, D Taliotis, R Martin - Pediatric Cardiology, 2017 - Springer
To report our experience of coarctation stent therapy in small children weighing less than 30
kg, with the low profile dilatable Valeo stent and review the literature on coarctation stent …

Complications after stent placement for aortic coarctation: a pictorial essay of computed tomographic angiography

S Boccalini, AM Den Harder… - Journal of thoracic …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Stent placement is commonly used to treat aortic coarctation. Although invasive angiography
remains the gold standard, follow-up is often performed using computed tomography, which …

Self-expandable stent for repairing coarctation of the left-circumferential aortic arch with right-sided descending aorta and aberrant right subclavian artery with …

Z Khajali, HR Sanati, H Pouraliakbar, B Mohebbi… - Annals of vascular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Endovascular treatment offers a great advantage in the management of main arteries
stenoses. However, simultaneous presence of a group of anomalies may complicate the …

Clinical impact of stent implantation for coarctation of the aorta with associated hypoplasia of the transverse aortic arch

WH Lu, CPS Fan, R Chaturvedi, KJ Lee, C Manlhiot… - Pediatric …, 2017 - Springer
The aim of this study was to explore the clinical impact of transverse aortic arch hypoplasia
(TAH) after stent implementation for isthmal coarctation of the aorta (CoA). From a …

Early and midterm results following interventional coarctoplasty: evaluation of variables that can affect the results

HA Bassiri, S Abdi, O Shafe… - Korean Circulation …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background and Objectives Stent coarctoplasty has been approved as the treatment of
choice for adult patients with coarctation of the aorta. We have evaluated the early and …