Balloon angioplasty is preferred to surgery for aortic coarctation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-88

  Wong, Derek ^a   Benson, Lee N ^a   Van Arsdell, Glen S ^a   Karamlou, Tara ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital cardiac surgery; Decision analysis; Interventional catheterization

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA PERFORATION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION TREE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949202599     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107001795     Document Type: Article

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