Rationale and design of long-term outcomes and vascular evaluation after successful coarctation of the aorta treatment study

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) can be treated using surgery, balloon angioplasty, or stent implantation. Although short-term results are excellent with all three treatment modalities, long-term cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality remain high, likely due to persistently abnormal vascular function. The effects of treatment modality on long-term vascular function remain uncharacterized. The goal of this study is to assess vascular function in this patient population for comparison among the treatment modalities.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3932

Citation

Martins, J. D., Zachariah, J., Tierney, E. S. S., Truong, U., Morris, S. A., Kutty, S., … & Thomas, B. (2018). Rationale and design of long-term outcomes and vascular evaluation after successful coarctation of the aorta treatment study. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 11(3), 282. doi: 10.4103/apc.APC_64_18