Table 1 Follow up data of patients with transcatheter intervention for coarctation of the aorta in adults
From: Stent dilatation of atretic aortic coarctation in an adult-case report and literature review
Author | Year | Number of patients | Age range (years) | Mean gradient across the coarctation after the procedure (mm Hg) | Mean increase in diameter of the involved segment (mm) | Patients with improvement in hypertension after the procedure (%) | Follow up period (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tzifa 'et–al' | 2006 | 30 (covered stents) | 28 ± 17.5 | 4 ± 4 | 17.1 ± 3.1 | 43 | 11 |
Shennib 'et–al' | 2010 | 22 (13 balloon and stents, 9 endoluminal grafts) | 40 + 18 | 4 + 7 | 19 + 4 | 100 | 31 + 15.6 |
Forbes 'et–al' | 2011 | 61 (ballon angioplasty) | 0.4–42.5 | ≤10 in 55 % patients | Coarctation: Descending aorta diameter ratio ≥ 0.6 in 93 % patients | 16 % patients on anti hypertensive medications | 18–60 |
≤15 in 82 % patients | |||||||
Forbes 'et–al' | 2011 | 217 (stents) | 2.2–74.3 | ≤10 in 75 % patients | Coarctation: Descending aorta diameter ratio ≥ 0.6 in 89 % patients | 31 % patients on anti hypertensive medications | 18–60 |
≤15 85 % patients |