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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Aortic coarctation, a congenital narrowing of the aortic lumen, may be addressed by percutaneous techniques that restore vessel calibre while minimising invasiveness. Interventional approaches centre ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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, ...