title: Role of transcatheter therapy in the treatment of coarctation of the aorta.
abstract: Coarctation of the aorta is one of the most common congenital heart defects. Transcatheter therapy for treatment of coarctation is effective, with low morbidity and mortality rates. The current trend is toward primary stent implantation for treatment, however, the results of balloon angioplasty in children and young adults are equivalent to the results following primary stent placement. Judicious use of stents is recommended in infants and children.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Horvath
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towgood
authors.forename: Satinder K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sandhu
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents