What are the advantages of endoluminal repair of aortic coarctation?

  Compared with traditional open-heart and open-abdomen surgery, the most prominent features of endoluminal repair are simple, minimally invasive and effective. Because of the small trauma, short operation time and low blood transfusion, patients recover quickly after surgery.  Patients can usually eat and drink normally and get out of bed 24 hours after surgery.  These features provide treatment opportunities for many elderly and frail patients with multiple coexisting diseases that cannot tolerate traditional surgery.  Therefore, endoluminal repair has been called a revolution in the history of aortic coarctation treatment.