Mission-based cardiac surgery and catheter treatment of coarctation of aorta in the young and older children: A facility based review of cases in Addis Ababa

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Introduction: coarctation of the aorta is a congenital narrowing of the descending aorta. Hemodynamic derangement will be corrected with reopening of the narrowing either by surgery or catheter ballooning. There are few reports of post-operative cases in developing countries. The goal of this review is to describe the follow-up profile of cases in a setting with limited resource. Methods: data from a retrospective facility-based chart review of cases within a single institution in Addis Ababa, were analyzed to quantify procedure, timing and post-operative blood pressure outcomes. Results: thirty-two locally, and seven abroad operated cases, for a total of thirty-nine post-operative cases were analyzed. Balloon angioplasty with or without stent insertion, resection with end-to-end anastomosis and patch arthroplasty accounted for twenty, fourteen, and five cases respectively. Rebound hypertension occurred more frequently in the surgical group compared to the catheter group (P value < 0.01). The mean systolic blood pressures between pre and post-intervention differed significantly (P value = 0.001). Post-operative hypertension was observed in one-third of cases. Diagnosis and intervention time were late in majority of cases. A high rate of loss to follow-up was also observed. Conclusion: delayed diagnosis of cases coupled with a delay in intervention after diagnosis, is hypothesized to account at least in part for the findings. The challenges related to early diagnosis and intervention of case with congenital heart disease was discussed. Early diagnosis and referral of cases is recommended.

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Woldmichael, K. G., & Aklilu, T. M. (2019). Mission-based cardiac surgery and catheter treatment of coarctation of aorta in the young and older children: A facility based review of cases in Addis Ababa. Pan African Medical Journal, 34. https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.160.19406

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