TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Fathi Ahmed Elsaid AU - Ahmed Ali Elayadi , AU - Amal Mahmoud Elsisi , AU - Mohammed Farouk Mohammed , TI - Balloon angioplasty of native coarctation of the aorta in Cairo University, children's Hospital : : Midterm follow up / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Fathi Ahmed Elsaid , KW - Angioplasty KW - Aortic coarctation KW - Balloon N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - We evaluated mid-term results of balloon angioplasty performed in pediatric patients with aortic coarctation. Study design: this retrospective study included 13 children (11) boys, 2 girls; midian age at BAP intervention was 16 months ranging from 4-96 months) who underwent balloon angioplasty for aortic coarctation. The patients were followed up by transthoracic echocardiography assessment for left ventricular functions, recoarctation, and other complications after a period of time ranging from 9-36 months with a mean of 24.38 ± 8.22 months after intervention ER -