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Persistent Aortic Arch Hypoplasia After Coarctation Treatment Is Associated With Late Systemic Hypertension

BACKGROUND: Mild transverse aortic arch (TAA) hypoplasia is common after coarctation treatment, but is considered benign in the absence of an arm-leg systolic blood pressure (SBP) difference. Hypertension (HTN) is a common long-term morbidity after successful coarctation treatment. We examined wheth...

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Autores principales: Quennelle, Sophie, Powell, Andrew J, Geva, Tal, Prakash, Ashwin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26112642
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.115.001978