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Case Reports
. 2010 May;12(5):357-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00275.x.

A novel approach to the balloon angioplasty of a native discrete severe coarctation of the aorta in the management of hypertension

Mahmoud Ebrahimi  1
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A novel approach to the balloon angioplasty of a native discrete severe coarctation of the aorta in the management of hypertension

Mahmoud Ebrahimi. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2010 May.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Angiogram before balloon angioplasty.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Acute response after balloon angioplasty.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Control angiogram after 4 years.
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