Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králov é |
2016
Abstract
Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital aortopathy with a narrowed aortic segment as the typical entity that is localized mostly between the left subclavian artery and the ligamentum arteriosum. The obstruction to aortic blood flow through this narrowed segment is serious, and emergency life-threatening complications may arise (heart failure, refractory arterial hypertension, hypertensive crisis, aortic complications including dissection or rupture, infective endocarditis, cerebrospinal hemorrhagic or ischemic complications, and cardiac arrest).