Introduction:

Balloon angioplasty is a technique with good outcomes, specially in cases aortic recoartation after correcting surgery.

Objective:

To analyze our centre results since the introduction of the technique.

Method:

We analyzed 73 patients with medium age of 3,3 years; 74% were under 1 years old and 72,6% under 10 kg weight. All patients included were cases of recoartation after surgery.

Results:

Effective results was achieved in 93,1%, obtaining residual gradient less than 20 mmHg. During the following up 20,5% of patients required reintervention, being more frequent in case of aortic arch hypoplasia, associated lesions or patients under 1 year. Only a severe complication was referred, a case of aortic rupture that couldn’t be solved with a covered stent.

Conclusions:

Percutaneous angioplasty of aortic recoartation is a safe and effective technique, specially in discrete istmic lesions after correcting surgery.

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