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Stent Use in Coarctation of the Aorta - summitMD.com

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Interventional options:<br />

Based on anatomy<br />

• Discrete<br />

– Angioplasty first option<br />

– <strong>Stent</strong> if residual gradient<br />

• Long segment<br />

– <strong>Stent</strong><br />

– If severe, test dilation with low pressure balloon<br />

• K<strong>in</strong>k/fold<br />

– Need stent to straighten out aorta<br />

• Arch, thoracic, abdom<strong>in</strong>al COA<br />

– Usually long segment; need stent<br />

– Adjacent to major arterial side branches

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