Coarctation Of The Aorta
Aortic coarctation is a narrowing of part of the aorta (the major artery leading the heart. It is a type of birth defect. Coarctation means narrowing... More »
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D S Celermajer and K Greaves; Survivors of coarctation repair: fixed but not cured; Heart, August 1, 2002; 88(2): 113 - 114. [Full Text] [PDF]; ... Prevalence of hypertension in children after early repair of coarctation of the aorta: a cohort study using casual and 24 hour blood pressure measurement; Heart,
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Nov 2, 2009 ... Prognosis of Surgically Corrected Coarctation of the Aorta .... Survivors of coarctation repair: fixed but not cured. Heart, August 1, 2002; ...
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The prognosis of patients with IAA is poor if the condition is uncorrected. ... Methods of surgical correction are similar to those of coarctation repair and include end-to-end anastomosis of the remaining segments with or without patch augmentation, end-to-side anastomosis of the arch vessel with either the proximal or...
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There a number of surgical techniques to repair coarctation. The most common repair involves resection (removal) of the narrowed area with reanastamosis (reconnection) of the two ends to each other. Sometimes the resection (removal) must be extended towards the arch if there is a longer segment of narrowing.
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One report suggested a better prognosis for patients undergoing operative repair by EEA, compared with other methods.20 However, pooling of data is difficult because of differences with respect to duration of follow-up (8–40 years), ... Recurrent hypertension is common despite successful repair of aortic coarctation,
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Dennis M. Mello, M.D ... The ascending aorta, transverse aortic arch and its branches, ductus arteriosus and descending aorta must be aggressively mobilized to effect a primary coarctation repair.
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Maron BJ, Humphries JO, Rowe RD, Mellits ED. Prognosis of surgically corrected coarctation of the aorta. A 20-year postoperative appraisal. Circulation 1973;47(1):119-126.[Abstract/Free Full Text] ... Celermajer DS, Greaves K. Survivors of coarctation repair: fixed but not cured. Heart 2002;88(2):113-114.[Free Full Text]
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Despite successful surgical repair, aortic coarctation is associated with unfavourable prognosis mainly due to cardiovascular disease. ... Despite successful surgical repair, aortic coarctation is associated with unfavourable prognosis mainly due to cardiovascular disease. Late timing of repair and arterial...
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