Coarctation of aorta--intervention from neonates to adult life.
Coarctation of aorta is typically a discrete narrowing of the thoracic aorta just distal to the left subclavian artery. Managmnet of Coarctation of aorta depends upon age, clinical presentation, type of coarctation, associated arch hypoplasia, and associated heart defects as ventricular septal defect. In this article we are discussing management of coarctation of aorta from neonatal period to adult.
Tomar
Munesh
M
Department of Pediatrics and congenital Heart Diseases Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, New Delhi, India. muneshtomar@yahoo.co.in
Radhakrishanan
Sitaraman
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult