3 Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre ... Surgery is still the treatment of choice in infants with an aortic coarctation with a mortality rate of less than 1%. Balloon dilatation ...

The shelf is most commonly posterior or lateral within the aortic lumen. Coarctation can be long segment (7–20 mm) or discrete (2–3 mm); identifying the extent of coarctation by imaging is ...

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Introduction: The preferred treatment for aortic coarctation is direct repair during childhood. However, some patients reach adulthood without being diagnosed. For these patients, an extra-anatomic ...

Diagnosis: A coral reef in the aorta Imaging showed Marti had coral reef aorta (CRA), a rare condition characterized by the formation of large, calcified plaques in the aorta that can block blood ...

gstt.nhs.uk Catheter intervention with balloon dilatation for re-coarctation in the 1980s evolved to balloon dilatation for native coarctation in a limited number of centres, but with the advent of ...

3. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and echocardiographic imaging of patients with aortic disease should follow recommended approaches for image acquisition, measurement and reporting ...

2002;106:e74–e75 Congenital coarctation of the aorta was diagnosed in a 3-year-old boy with a ... highlighted by static and dynamic magnetic resonance angiography follow-up imaging that demonstrated ...

Likewise, the murmur may be mistakenly thought to originate from a ventricular septal defect. The diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta presented no problem in either patient, while detection of the ...