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A birth defect characterized by the narrowing of the AORTA that can be of varying degree and at any point from the transverse arch to the iliac bifurcation. Aortic coarctation causes arterial HYPERTENSION before the point of narrowing and arterial HYPOTENSION beyond the narrowed portion.
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- Coarctation of Aorta
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Aorta Coarctation
- Aorta Coarctations
- Aortic Coarctations
- Coarctation, Aortic
- Coarctations, Aortic
- Coarctation of Aorta Dominant
- Aorta Dominant Coarctation
- Aorta Dominant Coarctations
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Aortic Coarctation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001017. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001017
- Aortic Coarctation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarctation_of_the_aorta
- Aortic Coarctation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616066