Aortic coarctation is a congenital heart defect characterized by a narrowing of the aorta, which can lead to serious complications if not treated promptly. In pediatric cardiac surgery, the ...

Imaging is important in the diagnosis of aortic arch disease, but which tests should be performed and in what ... (Damus–Kaye–Stansel), evaluation post-repair of coarctation and truncus. 1 2 3 ...

A 25 year-old man was referred to our center as a case of uncontrolled hypertension due to coarctation of aorta. On clinical examination, the pulses in upper limbs were bounding, femoral pulses were ...

Researchers from the Congenital Cardiovascular Interventional Study Consortium who evaluated the intermediate and long-term results of stent implantation for aortic coarctation found that ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...

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DIVERTICULA of the aortic arch are rare congenital anomalies found as a component of vascular rings in infants. They may occur with either a right or a left aortic arch and represent persistence of ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a serious congenital heart anomaly, often associated with other cardiac abnormalities which make its treatment complex. It is found, in at least one out of four ...

Total Aortic Arch Replacement is a surgical procedure that involves replacing the entire aortic arch, which is the curved portion of the aorta that extends from the heart. This procedure is typically ...

Endospan’s NEXUS® Aortic Arch Stent Graft System is the first endovascular off-the-shelf system with CE Mark to treat a greatly underserved group of patients diagnosed with a dilative lesion in ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. 2D imaging and Doppler interrogation of the arch and intracardiac structures are carried out from different views with 'sweeps' (e.g., moving the ...