A 25 year-old man was referred to our center as a case of uncontrolled hypertension due to coarctation of aorta. On clinical examination, the pulses in upper limbs were bounding, femoral pulses were ...

Interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital heart condition first describedby Steidele in 1773. ... the aorta is completely discontinuous somewhere between the ascending and descending parts.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...

My son was born on 25th October by emergency C-Section as he went into distress two weeks before his due date. All was fine until he'd been home for a little over a week and almost stopped breathing ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital heart defect characterized by a narrowing of the aorta, which can lead to serious complications if not treated promptly. In pediatric cardiac surgery, the ...

Coarctation of the aorta affects over 2,000 babies born in the U.S. annually. Coarctation of the aorta is known as a critical congenital heart defect (critical CHD) because of the potential for ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital narrowing of part of the aorta, most commonly the aortic arch, usually close to the origin of the left subclavian artery. This results in high blood pressure in the ...

“The word coarctation means narrowing and they are the most common in the aortic arch. The arch may be small in babies with coarctations,” explained Dr Bhushan Chavan, pediatric cardiologist ...

Interrupted aortic arch is caused by the defective development of the aorta during early fetal life, probably within the first 5-7 weeks. It accounts for less than 2% of congenital heart anomalies.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. 2D imaging and Doppler interrogation of the arch and intracardiac structures are carried out from different views with 'sweeps' (e.g., moving the ...