Is endovascular repair the new gold standard for primary adult coarctation?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Wheatley, Grayson H ^a   Koullias, George J ^b   Rodriguez Lopez, Julio A ^a   Ramaiah, Venkatesh G ^a   Diethrich, Edward B ^a  

^a ARIZONA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Illinois Cardiac Surgery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Endovascular stent; Minimally invasive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIMARY ADULT AORTIC COARCTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955917499     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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