Surgery is still the treatment of choice in infants with an aortic coarctation with a mortality rate of less than 1%. Balloon dilatation should be avoided in children and neonates as it is less ...

Discrete coarctation of the aorta needing intervention in the newborn period presents as the duct closes. The typical site of stenosis is the distal isthmus, but can vary depending on where the ...

FTOE reflects cerebral perfusion. Objective: To determine the course of FTOE in the first 48 hours (hrs) of admission in infants with aortic coarctation and to relate this course to short-term ...

COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old woman from Tirunelveli who was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (COA), a rare congenital heart defect, was treated at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) ...