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Balloon dilation for aortic recoarctation: morphology at the site of dilation and long-term efficacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2011

Christian Mann ,
Georg Goebel ,
Andreas Eicken ,
Thomas Genz ,
Walter Sebening ,
Harald Kaemmerer ,
Ignaz Hammerer  and
John Hess
Christian Mann*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Innsbruck
Georg Goebel
Affiliation:
Institute of Biostatistics and Documentation, Innsbruck, Austria
Andreas Eicken
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center, München, Germany
Thomas Genz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center, München, Germany
Walter Sebening
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center, München, Germany
Harald Kaemmerer
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center, München, Germany
Ignaz Hammerer
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Innsbruck
John Hess
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center, München, Germany
*
Correspondence to: Dr. C. Mann, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Anichstr. 35, A – 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Tel: 0043 5522 43 13314; Fax: 0043 5522 43 1339; E-mail: chrimann@vol.at
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Abstract

Objectives: We undertook this study to assess the immediate and long-term outcome of balloon angioplasty performed for recurrent or residual coarctation of the aorta, and to assess the changes in the vessel wall caused by this procedure. Methods: Clinical, echocardiographic, angiographic and hemodynamic data from 71 patients who underwent balloon angioplasty for recoarctation between January 1987 and January 1998 were analysed retrospectively. Results: Angioplasty was performed after a median of 82.6 months (range 1.4 mo – 20.9 y, mean 88.5 mo) following surgery for coarctation. Mean systolic pressure gradients were reduced from 27±15 mmHg to 11 ± 11 m m Hg after angioplasty (p< 0.0001). The mean diameter at the site of recoarctation increased from 5.5±2.5 to 7.5±2.7 mm(p< 0.0001). Outpouchings of contrast agents, indicating the disruption of the inner layers of the vessel wall, were defined as extravasations. They were observed in one-quarter of the angiograms performed immediately after the intervention. Immediate success of angioplasty was achieved in 71%, and persisted in 69% of patients during long-term follow up. The main determinant for immediate success was the age at the time of the procedure (p<0.05), while the main determinant for long-term success was the increase achieved in diameter. Extravasations did not progress to aneurysms, neither acutely nor during echocardiographic follow-up studies. For further follow-up, more sensitive imaging techniques will be necessary to delineate the morphology of the site of extravasation observed immediately after angioplasty.

Keywords

Recoarctationballoon angioplastydeterminants of resultsextravasationsaneurysm.
Type
Original Articles
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 31 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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