Aortic Coarctation.

Umberto G RossiAnna Maria IerardiGianpaolo CarrafielloMaurizio Cariati

Published in: Aorta (Stamford, Conn.) (2020)

We report a case of a 45-year-old male suffering from arterial hypertension who was found to have an aortic coarctation with marked hypertrophic compensatory collateral arterial circulation. Although coarctation is relatively rare, this must be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with arterial hypertension with a positive gradient between upper and lower limbs.

Keyphrases

arterial hypertension
aortic valve
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
aortic dissection
pulmonary arterial hypertension
atrial fibrillation