| pubmed-article:15618050 | pubmed:abstractText | Increased cardiovascular morbidity is manifested a long time after the repair of aortic coarctation (CoA). By way of impaired flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) and increased intima media thickness (IMT), surrogate parameters of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular risk factors (RFs) can be correlated with early vascular wall changes in children. This study investigated whether changes in arterial wall function and morphology are detectable in children after coarctation repair. | lld:pubmed |
