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The efficacy and safety of percutaneous balloon angioplasty for aortic coarctation in children

Acute and mid-term results in a single center experience

Saad Q. Khoshhal, Mansour B. Al-Mutairi, Abdulhameed A. Alnajjar, Mohamed M. Morsy, Sherif Salem, Aseel A. Salmi, Khaled M. El-Harbi and Hany M. Abo-Haded
Saudi Medical Journal November 2020, 41 (11) 1252-1258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.11.25452

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    Ascending aorta angiogram showing A) pre-BAP procedure showing localized narrowing of the descending aorta, B) during balloon dilatation, C) post-BAP showing improvement of the coarctation of the aorta CoA diameter. BAP: balloon angioplasty, COA: coarctation of the aorta

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    Detailed management and outcome of the study cohort. *had a balloon angioplasty (BAP) outside our center, **had an aortic arch patch reconstruction surgery outside our center, Na-CoA: native-coarctation of the aorta, Re-CoA: recoarctation-coarctation of the aorta, FU: follow-up

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