RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Coarctation of the aorta
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 347
OP 354
DO 10.1136/thx.25.3.347
VO 25
IS 3
A1 James D. Wisheart
YR 1970
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/25/3/347.abstract
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.