Coarctation of aorta intervention: When covered stents should have been first choice?

ABSTRACT: Coarctation of aorta (CoA) is one of the common congenital heart diseases. The two approaches for intervention in CoA include surgical and transcatheter (TC). Out of the two TC interventions available, stenting has been proved better than balloon angioplasty. We have two types of stents; the conventional ones - balloon expandable and the covered stent grafts. The elective covered stent implantation in all CoA has not offered any advantage. However, there are peculiar situations, apart from acute aortic complications, when they should be considered the first choice. We describe our experience of three cases of coarctation stenting, in which covered stenting should have been the preferred choice. A 32-year-old female with Turner's syndrome and severe CoA developed dissection after balloon an

SUBMITTER: Rajan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8174632 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature