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 ...

Not only can the technology do a 360-degree scan of various body parts; it can also go inside the organs — in Theodore's case, showing the hole inside the heart. Mejia and the surgical team were able ...

Aortic coarctation (AoC) is a common congenital heart defect, affecting 5%–8% of patients with structural congenital anomalies. Despite advances in surgical and percutaneous interventions, ...

Cash has begun pouring in to help the family of a critically ill Doncaster baby who was born with two heart defects and who ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the early results of balloon expandable stent implantation for aortic coarctation or recoarctation. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING Two paediatric cardiology ...

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 ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an ...

Results Bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) were found in 52/152 (34%) 45,X study subjects and aortic coarctation (COA) in 19/152 (12.5%). Isolated anomalous pulmonary veins (APV) were detected in 15/152 (10 ...

Aortic pseudocoarctation is a very rare congenital anomaly that mimics coarctation, but lacks significant luminal narrowing and enlarged collateral arteries. Although less severe than true coarctation ...

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that endovascular stents used with dilation of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) improve late outcomes. Balloon dilation for CoA has been limited by concerns over the ...

A man in his 30s presented with worsening shortness of breath for the last 6 months. He had a history of surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta 15 years ago. Examination revealed a mid-diastolic ...

For Maddy, an annual heart exam was no surprise due to a preexisting condition, but the diagnosis of a coarctation of the aorta was. She always knew this was a possibility, but her doctors thought it ...