PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - James D. Wisheart
TI  - Coarctation of the aorta
AID  - 10.1136/thx.25.3.347
DP  - 1970 May 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 347--354
VI  - 25
IP  - 3
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/25/3/347.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/25/3/347.full
SO  - Thorax1970 May 01; 25
AB  - In a series of 70 patients who had surgical correction of coarctation of the aorta between 1952 and 1969, the operative mortality was 7% and the complication rate was 14%. The mortality was particularly high in adult males over 30, with pre-operative evidence of left ventricular ischaemia. Simple surgical procedures had satisfactory results, but the use of prostheses carried a high risk, and turning down the left subclavian artery failed to lower the blood pressure. The blood pressure score fell by 68% after operation, and by a further 8% following discharge from hospital. This result was maintained up to 17 years after operation, and may be expected in all groups of patients.