Challenging Pediatric coarctation treated with hybrid approach:
Five-years follow-up
Abstract
Two patients suffering from recurrent coarctation after native
coarctation surgery, were scheduled for cardiac catheterization in a
hybrid setting by the age of two & three years. Through right anterior
mini-thoracotomy unmounted stents were successfully placed in the
coarctant segment. One-year follow-up did not show echocardiographic
improvement, yet, they were controlled on medical therapy. Five-years
follow-up showed stent breakage in the first case, while the second
showed stent stenosis that needed balloon dilatation.