3 Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 4 Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands 5 Department of Pediatric ...

TO OUR knowledge coarctation of the aorta in association with complete heart block and Adams–Stokes syndrome has not previously been reported. The patient in the case reported below was first observed ...

Background A 20-year-old male presented with a history of systemic hypertension. Examination revealed a systolic murmur with an early ejection click, and femoral pulses were markedly reduced.

Aortic coarctation is a congenital condition characterised by a narrowing of the aortic lumen, which creates significant alterations in blood flow and pressure gradients. Although surgical or ...

Young patients who receive stents to treat coarctation of the aorta see good hemodynamic results over the long term, combined data from the COAST and COAST II trials show, but late follow-up from ...

Implantation of a covered stent results in high procedural success and good short-term outcomes for the treatment of patients with a congenital narrowing of the aorta, according to results of the ...

RENAL disease is instrumental in the generation or maintenance of some forms of systemic arterial hypertension. The experimental production of systolic hypertension by renal artery constriction, by ...

Intermediate and long-term results of stent implantation for aortic coarctation show a cumulative intermediate success of 86%, and cumulative long-term success of 77%. Researchers from the Congenital ...

Coarctation is the term used to describe a narrowing in the wall of a vessel. Coarctation of the aorta is narrowing of the aorta, the main artery that delivers oxygen-rich blood from the heart, around ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...

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Coarctation is a narrowing of the aorta and can increase BP What are the signs and symptoms of coarctation of the aorta? What are the signs and symptoms of coarctation of the aorta? —FELIX N. CHIEN, ...