Complicated coarctation repair: The importance of three-dimensional cross-sectional imaging in late postoperative assessment

• Main Authors: Andrea Fidalgo Garcia (Author), Rizwan Ahmed (Author), Evangelia Nyktari (Author), Piers Daubeney (Author), Inga Voges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) represents 5%-8% of congenital heart disease patients and is one of the most common causes of neonatal surgical intervention. These patients require close lifelong follow-up due to frequent long-term complications. Although transthoracic echocardiography is the first-l...