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

• Main Authors: Palanivel Rajan (Author), Navjyot Kaur (Author), Parag Barwad (Author), Pruthvi C Revaiah (Author), Manojkumar Rohit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 convent...