Aortic Coarctations and Coronary Artery Disease: The XY Factor Running title: Bondy; Aortic coarctation
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Aortic coarctation and coronary artery disease: the XY factor.
Aortic coarctation (CoA) is a congenital defect involving a constriction of the aortic arch, usually occurring near the site of insertion of the ductus arteriosus. Surgical and endovascular repair techniques and success rates, measured by short-term survival, elimination of the gradient across the stricture, and normalization of systemic blood pressure, improved steadily over the last half of t...
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تاریخ انتشار 2012