Pearl Jeffrey M, Manning Peter B, Franklin Cheri, Beekman Robert, Cripe Linda
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, and the Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA.
Am J Cardiol. 2004 Mar 15;93(6):803-5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.064.
To determine whether early coarctation repair is a significant risk for recoarctation in the modern era, 120 patients, including 87 infants, who underwent isolated coarctation repair at a single institution, were reviewed. At a mean follow-up of 44.4 months, there have were no late reoperations, and 2 patients required balloon aortoplasty. The overall incidence of late reintervention was 1.7%, with only 2.4% (2 of 83) in those <1 year old.