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Surgical experience of coarctation of the aorta in infants and young children.

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

December 2007

Department of Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Xin Hua Hospital and Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200127, China.

We evaluated the effectiveness of surgical treatment for coarctation of the aorta in infants and young children, based on our experience over 7 years. From March 1999 to December 2005, 168 cases of coarctation of the aorta in patients aged 21 days to 3 years were treated by end-to-end, extended end-to-end, or extended end-to-side ascending aorta and aortic arch anastomosis. The mortality rate was 0.

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