Surgery is the best treatment for primary coarctation in the majority of cases

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Karl, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Congenital heart defects; Pediatric cardiac surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REOPERATION; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC CAVITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846561600     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000247436.05194.c7     Document Type: Review

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