title: Technique of interventional repair in adult aortic coarctation.
abstract: Surgical treatment of aortic coarctation has increased life expectancy and reduced mortality. Unfortunately, the average lifespan after repair remains only 35 to 50 years, and significant morbidity persists as a result of aneurysm formation, hypertension, accelerated coronary disease, and stroke. Follow-up studies have revealed restenosis rates of 30% and persistent hypertension at rest and during exercise, sometimes with compromised cardiac function. The less invasive nature of nonsurgical repair using transcatheter therapies has led to balloon angioplasty and, recently, stent implantation as an emerging concept for the treatment of aortic coarctation. This review focuses on advances in the management, current indication, and techniques of interventional repair in aortic coarctation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock School of Medicine, Rostock, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kische
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortak
authors.forename: Tim C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Rehders
authors.forename: Tushar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Christoph A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nienaber
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ince
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D055815:Young Adult