Severe aortic coarctation incidentally discovered in a young university student
| Autor: | Mohamed Elfadel Musa, Mohammed Samir Mokhtar Hamed Elwan, Amer Abdulmola Albawab, Mahmoud Alsoufi, Hazem Muhamed Almeselmani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Aortography medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry lcsh:R Coarctation of the aorta lcsh:Medicine Physical examination medicine.disease Asymptomatic Surgery Lesion Blood pressure Descending aorta medicine.artery Internal medicine medicine Cardiology medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business |
| Zdroj: | Hamdan Medical Journal, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 265-268 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2227-2437 |
| DOI: | 10.7707/hmj.680 |
| Popis: | Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the descending aorta, resulting in left ventricular overload, arterial hypertension and cardiovascular and neurological complications. It is frequently diagnosed in infancy and childhood; first-time presentation in adults is rare. The classic symptom is arterial hypertension; most patients are asymptomatic unless hypertension is present. We report the case of a 19-year-old woman who presented with a headache, tiredness and arterial hypertension. Clinical examination revealed that blood pressure was significantly lower in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities and radiofemoral delay (delayed femoral pulses). Severe aortic coarctation was confirmed by computerized tomography aortography; echocardiography was inconclusive. The lesion was successfully treated with balloon dilatation and mesh stent placement. |
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