Does surgical correction of coarctation of the aorta in adults reduce established hypertension?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Vohra, Hunaid A ^a   Adamson, Louise ^a   Haw, Marcus P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Coarctation of aorta; Evidence based medicine; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG USE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTIC COARCTATION; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149398199     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.185736     Document Type: Review

References (13)

1. Dunning J, Prendergast B, Mackway-Jones K. Towards evidence-based medicine in cardiothoracic surgery: best BETS. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2003;2:405-409.
2. Almeida de Oliveira S, Lisboa LA, Dallan LA, Abreu FCA, Rochitte CE, de Souza JM. Extraanatomic bypass for repair of aortic arch coarctation via sternotomy: mid-term clinical and magnetic resonace imaging results. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1962-1966.
3. Connolly HM, Schaff HV, Izhar U, Dearani JA, Warnes CA, Orszulak TA. Posterior pericardial ascending-to-descending aortic bypass: an alternative surgical approach for comple] coarctation of the aorta. Circulation 2001;104(12 Suppl 1):I133-137.
4. Carr JA. The results of catheter-based therapy compared with surgical repair of adult aortic coarctation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:1101-1107.
5. Aris A, Subirana MT, Ferrés P, Torner-Soler M. Repair of aortic coarctation in patients more than 50 years of age. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:1376-1379.
6. McKellar SH, Schaff HV, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Mullany CJ, Orszulak TA, Sundt TM 3rd, Connolly HM, Warnes CA, Puga FJ. Intermediate-term results of ascending-descending posterior pericardial bypass of complex aortic coarctation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1504-1509.
7. Bauer M, Alexi-Meskishvili VV, Bauer U, Alfaouri D, Lange PE, Hetzer R. Benefits of surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta in patients older than 50 years. Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:2060-2064.
8. Wells WJ, Prendergast TW, Berdjis F, Brandl D, Lange PE, Hetzer R, Starnes VA. Repair of coarctation of the aorta in adults: the fate of systolic hypertension. Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:1827-1828.
9. Bouchart F, Dubar A, Tabley A, Litzler PY, Haas-Hubscher C, Redonnet M, Bessou JP, Soyer R. Coarctation of the aorta in adults: surgical results and long-term follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:1483-1488.
10. Hashemzadeh K, Hashemzadeh S, Kakaei F. Repair of aortic coarctation in adults: the fate of hypertension. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2008;16:11-15.
11. Bhat MA, Neelakandhan KS, Unnikrishnan M, Rathore RS, Mohan Singh MP, Lone GN. Fate of hypertension after repair of coarctation of the aorta in adults. Br J Surg 2001;88:536-538.
12. Hager A, Kanz S, Kaemmerer H, Schreiber C, Hess J. Coarctation Long-term Assessment (COALA): significance of arterial hypertension in a cohort of 404 patients up to 27 years after surgical repair of isolated coarctation of the aorta, even in the absence of restenosis and prosthetic material. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:738-745.
13. Campbell M. Natural history of coarctation of the aorta. Br Heart J 1970;32:633-640.