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Covered stents <strong>in</strong> aortic<br />

<strong>coarctation</strong><br />

• Systolic gradient across <strong>coarctation</strong> decreased from mean<br />

36±20mmHg before, to a mean <strong>of</strong> 4±4mmHg 4 4mmHg after <strong>the</strong><br />

procedure<br />

• Diameter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>coarctation</strong> site <strong>in</strong>creased from 6.4 ±<br />

3.8mm to 17.1 ± 3.1 mm<br />

• The only <strong>com</strong>plication encountered was fracture <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

covered stent welds dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> procedure <strong>in</strong> 2 patients,<br />

necessitat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> a second covered stent <strong>in</strong> one.

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