Coarctation of aorta – clinical manifestations and therapeutic options

Medicina Fluminensis

Čače, Neven¹  Ovuka, Aleksandar¹ 

[1] Klinika za pedijatriju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka

关键词: balloon angioplasty;    aortic coarctation;    stent;    treatment;   

DOI  :  10.21860/medflum2016_4ro2

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Medicina Fluminensis

【 摘 要 】

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is congenital heart defect (CHD) in which narrowing of thoracic aorta is typically located at the insertion of the ductus arteriosus just distal to left subclavian artery. This obstruction results in left ventricular pressure overload. CoA accounts for 4 to 6 percent of all CHD. Clinical manifestations of CoA are heart failure in neonates and infants and usually arterial hyperthension and heart murmur in older infants and children. Management of CoA depends on clinical presentation, type of CoA, assosiated heart defects and age. Treatment options are surgery, baloon angioplasty and stent insertion.

【 授权许可】

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