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Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave

Published inCardiology in the young, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 245-250
Publication date2005
Abstract

Primary implantation of stents is an accepted technique for treating aortic recoarctation, albeit that the effects of stenting on pressure profiles, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness, and reflection of the pulse wave have not been systematically investigated.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use
  • Aortic Coarctation/surgery
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Blood Pressure/physiology
  • Carotid Artery, Common/physiopathology/ultrasonography
  • Child
  • Compliance
  • Exercise Test
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension/therapy
  • Prosthesis Implantation
  • Pulsatile Flow/physiology
  • Rest/physiology
  • Stents
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tunica Media/pathology
Citation (ISO format)
AGNOLETTI, Gabriella et al. Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave. In: Cardiology in the young, 2005, vol. 15, n° 3, p. 245–250. doi: 10.1017/S1047951105000521
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