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. 2019 Nov 25;34:160. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.160.19406

Table 4.

Post intervention profile of cases of CoA, TASH 2017

Characteristics Number of cases Percentile
Type of procedure performed
 -Balloon angioplasty 4 10.3%
 -Balloon angioplasty with stent 16 41%
 -resection with end to end anastomosis 14 35.9%
 -Patch arthroplasty 5 12.8%
Blood pressure measurement
 -Normal 17 23.6%
 -prehypertensive 5 12.8%
 -Stage I hypertension 12 30.8%
-Stage II hypertension 2 5.1%
 -MI 3 7.7%
Immediate post intervention complication
 - Lung atelectasis 2 5.4%
 - Thoracic duct injury 1 2.7%
 - Pericardial effusion 1 2.7%
 - Shock 2o to Bleeding 1 2.7%
 - Spinal cord paralysis 1 2.7%
 - Intracranial hemorrhage 2 5.4%
 - Infective endocarditis 1 2.7%
 - post co-arctectomy syndrome 3 7.7%
Post repair gradient across the coarcted sgt.
 0-20mmHg 19 48.7%
21-30mmHg 11 28.2%
 ≥ 31mmHg 5 12.8%
Late post-operative complication
 -rebound hypertension 18 46%
 -re-coarctation 3 7.7%
Outcome of cases
 -on active follow up 23 66.6
 -lost to follow up
  =>traced(11)
  =>status unknown(4)
15 23.4
 -Died 1 10.9%

Department of pediatrics and child health cardiology section TASH 2017