ALLMedicine™ Aortic Coarctation Center

Aug 11th, 2022 - Direct anastomosis, like end-to-end anastomosis or end-to-side anastomosis, is commonly employed to repair aortic coarctation or interrupted aortic arch. Direct anastomosis of the aorta, however, may result in restenosis or bronchial compression. ...

Jul 13th, 2022 - This case reports describe a rare disease, mid-aortic syndrome (MAS), that can cause severe heart failure and hypertension in infancy. The typical images, key points of diagnosis, and therapy methods of the disease have also been presented. We rep...

Jul 8th, 2022 - Duplication of the distal end of chromosome 15q has been previously implicated in a characteristic overgrowth syndrome. Additionally, many patients have other congenital malformations, including cardiac, renal, genital, and musculoskeletal anomali...

Jul 6th, 2022 - One-staged surgical treatment of aortic coarctation combined with cardiac anomalies is challenging. We aim to evaluate the feasibility of bilateral aortofemoral bypass technique in one-staged surgery treating coractation by comparing surgical outc...

Jul 6th, 2022 - Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a genetic disease involving the gene deletion of a chromosome. It is sporadically caused by the disruption of the elastin gene at the locus 7q11.23, and it occurs in as many as 1:7,500 individuals [Zucker 2018]. W...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - Background Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect with prevalence around 1 to 2% of the general population . It is defined by the presence of two functional cusps with less than three parallel zones of apposition be...

Feb 9th, 2022 - Pain and pain control remain a major concern in the neonatal and infant populations and pain is often undertreated in order to achieve other goals of medical management. Pain control with narcotic medications create an additional concern as withdr...

Feb 1st, 2022 - Coarctation of the aorta is one of the most common congenital heart diseases (5 to 8%). This heart disease can clinically result in two major clinical presentation: a neonatal form, early and potentially severe, which will require urgent care. And...

Nov 24th, 2021 - The study will include 40 patients who fulfil all the points in the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized into two equal groups, each consisting of 20 patients, namely group (B) and group (C). Group (B): will receive erector spinae p...

Aug 17th, 2020 - Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital valvular heart anomaly in the general population, with a prevalence estimated between 0.5 - 2%. It is more common in males than females with ratios reported between 2:1 and 3:1. The prevalence of...

Mar 28th, 2019 - Medicare proposed expanding payment for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). MedPage Today has more about the requirements here. Direct TAVR with a CoreValve device skipping the usual step of balloon pre-dilatation was found to be just a...

Dec 7th, 2018 - At baseline, all the women had a mean age of about 30 years. Most (75%) were on monotherapy, 20% were on polytherapy, and the rest were not taking an AED.

Dec 18th, 2017 - Kaiser Permanente Northern California nearly doubled thrombolytic use and cut door-to-needle times without more adverse events by implementing a standardized protocol with all emergency stroke cases managed by a dedicated telestroke neurologist. (...

Jan 18th, 2017 - A snapshot of trends in U.S. cath labs pointed to some improvements in care but also room for progress, according to data from four of the American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registries. "In some cases, hospitals are cons...

Sep 16th, 2016 - Shockwave Medical's Lithoplasty System is now the first lithotripsy device approved by the FDA to treat calcified plaque in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The technology disrupts the plaque via sound waves, a strategy already commo...