Clinical case of a 24-year-old male with coarctation of aorta

О.М. Драпкина, Е.М. Чернова

Authors: О.М. Drapkina, Е.М. Chernova

Place: Moscow, Russia

Institution: Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Abstract: Objective. To review the main issues of the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostics and treatment approaches of aorta coarctation that is a segmental narrowing of thoracic aorta below left subclavian artery (usually at the level of the isthmus). Methods. We present a clinical case of a young male patient with drugresistant hypertension. Secondary cause was suspected, and aorta coarctation was confirmed by computer scan. Conclusion. We emphasize few eatures of the case: the diagnostics of the congenital heart malformation in adulthood, normal constitution and leg muscle development, high physical load tolerance, the absence of intercostal arteries pulsation.

Keywords: secondary hypertension, aorta coarctation, congenital heart malformation

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