Long-term Outcomes of Coarctation Repair via Left Thoracotomy.

CONCLUSIONS: Repair of CoA even with associated transverse arch hypoplasia via REEEA through left thoracotomy has a low mortality, low reintervention rate, and low incidence of late hypertension.
PMID: 30205114 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 8, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Gropler MRF, Marino BS, Carr MR, Russell WW, Gu H, Eltayeb OM, Mongé MC, Backer CL Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research