Aortic wall abnormalities included dissections (n = 5) and aneurysm (n = 13). Another recent study reviewed 16 published reports of endovascular therapy for coarctation in patients with a mean age ...

Surgery is still the treatment of choice in infants with an aortic coarctation with a mortality rate of less than 1%. Balloon dilatation should be avoided in children and neonates as it is less ...

FTOE reflects cerebral perfusion. Objective: To determine the course of FTOE in the first 48 hours (hrs) of admission in infants with aortic coarctation and to relate this course to short-term ...