Stent Therapy for Aortic Coarctation in Children <30 kg: Use of the Low Profile Valeo Stent

To report our experience of coarctation stent therapy in small children weighing less than 30 kg, with the low profile dilatable Valeo stent and review the literature on coarctation stent therapy in this patient population. Coarctation stent implantation was undertaken in 14 consecutive children using the Bard Valeo Stent. Demographic, angiographic, echocardiographic and clinical data were reviewed retrospectively. The median age at the time of procedure was 5.1 (2.6–7.5) years and median weight was 20.8 (14.7–27) kg. There was improvement in median coarctation diameter from 4 (1.3–5.2) to 9.5 (5.8–12.7) mm, p