Kardiol Pol
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In spite of surgical correction, arterial hypertension may persist in a significant proportion of patients with aortic coarctation. ⋯ 1. Hypertension is present in more than half of adult patients after surgical repair of aortic coarctation, is more frequent in patients who underwent surgery at a more advanced age, and in the majority of patients is not associated with the presence of residual trans-aortic gradient. 2. LV thickness, mass and index increase due to hypertension, regardless of the presence of gradient. 3. LV diastolic parameters are similar to those in healthy subjects, however, they become impaired as the time from surgery increases, particularly in patients who underwent repair at an advanced age and who have hypertension.