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 ...

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 ...

Respiratory failure leading to resuscitation with an intraosseous line that infiltrated, causing permanent leg damage Tried ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Although endovascular stenting has become an option in adults with recurrent or native coarctation, its effects on ventricular function and blood pressure normalization remain controversial. In ...

Researchers and clinicians from the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences have for the first time conducted a shape analysis of the fetal aorta to detect a congenital heart defect before ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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