title: [Management of aortic coarctation in adult].
abstract: Coarctation of the aorta accounts for 7% of congenital heart diseases. It is estimated that currently approximatively 10,000 adult patients have been operated on for coarctation in France. Bicuspid aortic valve occurs in more than 50% of patients. Once operated, patients are not cured. Long-term cardiovascular complications are frequent and have leaded to the concept of systemic arterial disorder. Non-invasive imaging of the aortic arch with MRI or CT scan must be proposed to all adult patients. In the adult, stent placement for discrete coarctation or re-coarctation is the first choice treatment.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Privé de la Louvière, Vendôme-cardio, 59000 Lille, France. guy.vaksmann@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaksmann
authors.forename: Adélaïde
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Richard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006801:Humans