Moderately hypoplastic arches: Do they reliably grow into adulthood after conventional coarctation repair?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 582-586

  Liu, Jessie Y J ^a,b   Kowalski, Remi ^a,b   Jones, Bryn ^a,b   Konstantinov, Igor E ^a,b   Cheung, Michael M H ^a,b   Donath, Susan ^a,b   Brizard, Christian P ^a,b   d'Udekem, Yves ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arch hypoplasia; Coarctation of the aorta; Follow up studies; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AGE; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950665374     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.223776     Document Type: Article

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