Many people with coarctation of the aorta live a normal life, but over time it can cause other problems with your heart like heart failure and high blood pressure. What are the symptoms of coarctation ...

This narrowing causes the left side of the heart to work harder to pump blood through the aorta. Sometimes the coarctation is minor and might not even cause symptoms. Other times, surgery or other ...

Symptoms of coarctation of the aorta happen because the upper parts of your child’s body get too much blood and the lower parts do not get enough. In mild cases, where the aorta is only slightly ...

If the narrowing is severe, symptoms are present in infancy. If it is not treated, heart failure or death can occur. Treatment for coarctation of the aorta often requires surgical repair. Even after ...

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA), including its most severe variant interrupted aortic arch, is an acyanotic congenital heart defect that can present in adulthood, and the diagnosis relies on careful ...

Localised coarctation of the aorta was studied histologically in 45 cases. The age range of the patients, from 2 weeks to 40 years, enabled us to make a comparison between early and late findings. The ...

A hospital post-mortem was requested to identify the cause of the dissection. The patient’s heart was sent to a cardiac pathologist who identified an undiagnosed coarctation of the aorta. Genetic ...

Surgery is still the treatment of choice in infants with an aortic coarctation with a mortality rate of less than 1%. Balloon dilatation should be avoided in children and neonates as it is less ...