Published in Telemedicine Law Weekly, August 12th, 2006
Study 1: Stent implantation for selected patients with recurrent and native coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is safe and may effectively reduce the blood pressure (BP) gradient across the CoA site.
According to recent research published in the European Heart Journal, "The current study was designed to assess midterm results of stent implantation into the aorta for native and recurrent coarctation (CoA) in children and young adults."
"Forty-three patients (native CoA, 8; female, 12) were treated with stent implantation at a median age of...
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