Aortic Coarctation

Abstract

We report a case of a 45-year-old male suffering from arterial hypertension who was found to have an aortic coarctation with marked hypertrophic compensatory collateral arterial circulation. Although coarctation is relatively rare, this must be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with arterial hypertension with a positive gradient between upper and lower limbs.

Keywords

aorta - coarctation - vascular pathology - computed tomography - imaging - aging

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