title: Angioplasty for primary treatment of aortic coarctation: immediate results in two adult patients.
abstract: Two adult patients with severe aortic coarctation were treated by angioplasty performed percutaneously through the right femoral artery. A 20 mm balloon catheter was used, being inflated several times within the stenosis. The final angiographic result was excellent in both cases. The gradients were 38 and 46 mm Hg before and 5 and 3 mm Hg after angioplasty, respectively. The arterial pulses in the legs were normal after the procedure and no complication was observed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged