IJCS | Volume 33, Nº1, January / February 2019

7 Figure 2 - Graphical representation of changes in indexed left ventricular mass measured by echocardiography before surgery and in the last echocardiographic examination after the surgery. Patients without recoarctation showed a mean improvement of 36 g/m 2 after surgery (p = 0.005). Last examination Left ventricular mass (g/m 2 ) Figure 1 - Graphical representation of the changes in peak gradient measured by echocardiography before surgery and in the last echocardiographic examination after the surgery. Patients without recoarctation showed a mean improvement of 44 mmHg after the surgery (p < 0.001). Last examination Barreto et al. Follow-up of surgically corrected coarctation of the aorta Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2020;33(1):3-11 Original Article