Fig 1.
The age distribution of 53 patients with CoA.
Table 1.
Clinical features of 53 patients.
Fig 2.
Transthoracic echocardiograms in suprasternal view of a 2-month-old boy showing[A] the location of the coarctation of aorta (CoA) between the ascending aorta (AAO) and descending aorta (DAO), [B] dilatation of the aorta after the CoA, and [C] high speed flow in the CoA.
Computed tomographic angiography [D] obtained at 5 months of age confirmed the location of the CoA.
Fig 3.
Transthoracic echocardiograms in suprasternal view of a 3-month-old girl showing [A] the location of the CoA, [B] the high flow signal in the CoA, and [C] characteristics of the CoA by continuous wave Doppler, including high speed jet spectrum during systole and extended speed reduction during diastole.
Computed tomographic angiography [D,E] showed the location of the CoA. At surgery [F], the location of the CoA was confirmed. Abbreviations as in Fig 2.
Fig 4.
Transthoracic echocardiograms in suprasternal view of a 4-month-old boy showing [A] the location of the CoA between AAO and DAO and [B] the high speed flow signal in the CoA.
Computed tomographic angiography [C] showed the location of the CoA. Abbreviations as in Fig 2.
Fig 5.
Transthoracic echocardiograms in suprasternal view of a19-year-old boy showing [A] the location of the CoA and [B]characteristics of the CoA by continuous wave Doppler, including high speed jet spectrum during systole and extended speed reduction during diastole.
[C] Aortic angiography showed the location of the CoA. Abbreviations as in Fig 2.
Table 2.
Comparison of correct diagnosis rate by two-dimensional ultrasound, color Doppler ultrasound and spectral Doppler.
Table 3.
Comparison of correct diagnosis rate between TTE and CTA and/ or Aortography.
Table 4.
Surgical findings in 53 patients.
Table 5.
Comparison of findings at TTE and surgery.