3 Department of Radiology ... 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 ...

Aortic coarctation ... repair for aortic coarctation. A systematic review indicated that the mean prevalence of hypertension after CoA repair is approximately 47.3%, with some studies reporting ...

Emmitt’s mom thought it was just a cold, but following an MRI, the doctor diagnosed him with aortic coarctation, a narrowing of the aorta. Rare Heart condition Victor Bautista, MD, chief of ...

Where do we stand on the technology available for surgical repair of aortic coarctation? Dr. Hellenbrand: As you know, although we have the capability of treating coarctation of the aorta in ...