Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of congenital coarctation of the aorta |
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| Authors: | D R Sperling T J Dorsey M Rowen A B Gazzaniga |
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| Affiliation: | 1. From the Departments of Pediatrics, Radiology, and Surgery, the University of California, Irvine, USA;2. Childrens Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, USA |
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| Abstract: | Two cases of successful dilatation of congenital coarctation of the aorta using the Grüntzig technique are reported. In a 3-week-old boy and an 11-month-old girl, systolic gradients across the narrowed areas were lowered from 50 to 8 mm Hg and from 23 to 8 mm Hg. Although the femoral pulses later disappeared in the younger patient, surgery was avoided. The second patient's gradient has remained minimal for 8 months and no surgery has been performed. |
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| Keywords: | Address for reprints: Donald R. Sperling MD University of California Irvine Medical Center Department of Pediatrics 101 City Drive South Orange California 92668. |
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