[Arterial hypertension in the late period after the hemodynamically adequate correction of aortic coarctation].

The paper is concerned with a study of arterial hypertension in the long-term periods after the resection of coarctation of aorta in 77 patients aged 6 to 35 years. The complex of the patients' examination included bicycle ergometry. Arterial hypertension was revealed in 59.7% of the patients. In 83.2%, adequate correction was performed, in 16.8%, recoarctation was suspected. The rate of the development of hypertension in the operated under 16 years depends on the grade of the systolic AP increase before the operation. In those operated on in the older age, the rate of arterial hypertension depended on the time elapsed after the operation and the age by the moment of examination. In 50% of arterial hypertension patients, the work fitness corresponds to that in healthy subjects, in 28%, it constitutes 75% of the level seen in healthy subjects, and in 22%, it is low. Indications for operation in persons under 16 years rest on the grade of the arterial pressure increase; in the older age, indications are not dependent on the arterial pressure level.