PMID: 8607677Apr 1, 1996Paper

Repair of coarctation of the aorta in adults: the fate of systolic hypertension

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
W J WellsV A Starnes

Abstract

The benefit of coarctation repair in adults has been questioned by suggesting that hypertension may not be relieved by the operation and that surgical intervention may have no impact on the natural history of the disease. To delineate the impact of surgical intervention on systolic hypertension, we conducted a retrospective review of 26 adults with a mean age of 32 +/- 10 years who underwent coarctation repair between 1987 and 1993. All patients were hypertensive (mean systolic blood pressure, 174 +/- 21 mm Hg; range, 140 to 220 mm Hg), and 18 patients (69%) were on a regimen of at least one hypertensive medication at the time of surgical admission. All patients underwent catheterization, and the mean peak systolic gradient across the coarctation was 61 +/- 25 mm Hg (range, 25 to 120 mm Hg). Operation included resection and end-to-end anastomosis (3 patients), resection with an interposition tube graft (6 patients), a bypass graft (11 patients), and patch angioplasty (6 patients). There was no hospital mortality or late morbidity. Intermediate follow-up was available at a mean of 2.3 +/- 2 years (range, 1 to 7 years). At last follow-up, the peak systolic gradient between the upper and lower body was trivial (< or = 10 mm Hg) in...Continue Reading

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