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Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Heart Defects, Congenital > Aortic Coarctation
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Aortic Coarctation
Cardiovascular Diseases > Cardiovascular Abnormalities > Heart Defects, Congenital > Aortic Coarctation

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Aortic Coarctation  

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Entry terms

  • Aorta Coarctation
  • Aorta Coarctations
  • Coarctation of Aorta
  • Coarctation of the Aorta

Scope note

  • 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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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001017

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