Poor outcomes after surgery for coarctation repair with hypoplastic arch warrants more extensive initial surgery and close long-term follow-up

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-36

  Rakhra, Sandeep S ^a   Lee, Melissa ^a   Iyengar, Ajay J ^a,b   Wheaton, Gavin R ^c   Grigg, Leeanne ^d   Konstantinov, Igor E ^a,b   Brizard, Christian P ^a,b   D'Udekem, Yves ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Coarctation; Congenital heart disease; Hypoplasia; Outcomes; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; ARTERY DYSPLASIA; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNOTOMY; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871723139     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs301     Document Type: Review

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