Rationale and design of long-term outcomes and vascular evaluation after successful coarctation of the aorta treatment study

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Jose D.
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Zachariah, Justin, Selamet Tierney, ElifSeda, Truong, Uyen, Morris, Shaine A., Kutty, Shelby, de Ferranti, Sarah D., Rhodes, Jonathan, Antonio, Marta, Guarino, Maria Pedro, Thomas, Boban, Oliveira, Diana, Gauvreau, Kimberlee, Jalles, Nuno, Geva, Tal, Carmo, Miguel, Prakash, Ashwin
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/3932

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) can be treated using surgery, balloon angioplasty, or stent implantation. Although short-term results are excellent with all three treatment modalities, long-term cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality remain high, likely due to persistently abnormal vascular function. The effects of treatment modality on long-term vascular function remain uncharacterized. The goal of this study is to assess vascular function in this patient population for comparison among the treatment modalities.