Comparison of surgical repair with balloon angioplasty for native coarctation in patients from 3 months to 16 years of age

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 722-727

  Walhout, Ronald J ^a,b,c   Lekkerkerker, Jaco C ^a,b,c   Oron, Gordon H ^a,b,c   Bennink, Ger B W E ^a,b,c   Meijboom, Erik J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Balloon; Coarctation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; PULSATILE FLOW; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842634677     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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