ABSTRACT: Background: Coarctation of aorta is a common congenital cardiac malformation; controversy has surrounded the use of balloon angioplasty for native coarctation of aorta as the primary ...

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With the aid of adequate radiological investigations, it is possible to diagnose coarctation of the aorta early and promptly. CT and MRI help in surgical planning and follow-up imaging. “I had these ...

An aortic root aneurysm may not cause symptoms, so doctors may identify it through imaging scans for another condition. An aortic root aneurysm can cause the aortic valve to leak, causing a heart ...

The FDA approved the Minima Stent for treating vessel narrowing – or stenosis – in the aorta or pulmonary arteries. The aorta is responsible for pumping oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the ...

If your doctor suspects coarctation of the aorta, an echocardiogram will likely be used to make a diagnosis. An echocardiogram is an imaging test that uses ultrasound to allow your doctor to see ...

COARCTATION of the aorta, although it has long been recognized, was regarded merely as a curious anomaly until 1944, when Crafoord performed the first operation for its relief. However ...

Coarctation of the aorta has been very thoroughly discussed in its clinical and pathological aspects. Virtually all autopsied cases in the literature were assembled by Abbott 1 up to 1928, and ...

Doctors may use transthoracic echocardiography to assess the heart valve in people with a bicuspid aortic valve. Transthoracic echocardiography is an imaging test that uses ultrasound to view the ...

Patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and those with BAV and concomitant coarctation of the aorta had larger aortic ... and 7 years with echocardiogram and cross-sectional imaging (when available) ...

"Recognising the aorta as an organ puts it on a par with ... the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg and numerous international ...