Coarctation of the aorta - the current state of surgical and transcatheter therapies

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-219

  Vergales, Jeffrey E ^a   Gangemi, James J ^a   Rhueban, Karen S ^a   Lim, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Coarctation of the aorta; Stent; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSLUMINAL VALVULOPLASTY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LONG-TERM CARE; STENTS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 84882755291     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573403X113099990032     Document Type: Review

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