Yi Huang1, Giovanni Biglino1, Fengyuan Liu2,*
The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.32, No.2, pp. 1-1, 2024, DOI:10.32604/icces.2024.013295
Abstract Coarctation of aorta (CoA) is one of the congenital heart diseases with a proportion of 5% to 10%, which has a prevalence of four per 10,000 babies. As the most common cardiac defect missed at routine physical exams, CoA has a high undiagnosed rate of 60% to 80% in newborns before hospital discharge. The insertion of bare metal stents (BMS) with balloon dilatation is the useful method to reopen the narrow area of aorta. However, the stented vessel has a fixed diameter and cannot grow with the age, resulting in a relative restenosis and frequent… More >
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