Comparing balloon angioplasty, stenting and surgery in the treatment of aortic coarctation

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1401-1412

  Egan, Matthew ^a   Holzer, Ralf J ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Coarctation; Congenital heart disease; Surgery; Transcatheter stent therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE; ALGORITHM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTA; AORTIC COARCTATION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73349104652     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.09.111     Document Type: Review

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