Stents in the Management of Aortic Coarctation in Young Children

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 884-886

  Rao, P Syamasundar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; aortic coarctation; aortic recoarctation; pediatric; stents

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349224296     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.07.001     Document Type: Editorial

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