1996
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199609)39:1<71::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-r
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Aortic coarctation: A rare and unexpected cause of secondary arterial hypertension in the elderly

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“…Therefore, during evaluation of secondary hypertension, a precise step-by-step examination should be performed in order to exclude this rare, however, possibly life-threatening condition. Indeed, during physical examination discrepancy in blood pressure measurements between arms and legs, pulse absence in the lower limbs, colder extremities, or claudication can be observed [ 4 , 10 ]. The latter symptoms were not observed in our patient neither at rest nor during physical activity.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, during evaluation of secondary hypertension, a precise step-by-step examination should be performed in order to exclude this rare, however, possibly life-threatening condition. Indeed, during physical examination discrepancy in blood pressure measurements between arms and legs, pulse absence in the lower limbs, colder extremities, or claudication can be observed [ 4 , 10 ]. The latter symptoms were not observed in our patient neither at rest nor during physical activity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Causes of mortality in coarctation can be heart failure, coronary artery disease, aortic rupture/dissection, concomitant aortic valve disease, infective endocarditis, or cerebral hemorrhage (4,5). Few patients in the past were first diagnosed at a very late age (2,6,7). Treatment of coarctation includes aggressive control of hypertension, prophylaxis of endocarditis and surgical or percutaneous correction of coarctation with a high gradient (8).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Death in these patients is usually due to heart failure, coronary artery disease, aortic rupture/dissection, concomitant aortic valve disease, infective endarteritis/endocarditis, or cerebral hemorrhage [3,7]. There are few reports of patients first diagnosed with uncorrected aortic coarctation at very late age [4][5][6], and there is no consensus on how to manage them. In this report, we present the case of a 72-year-old woman first diagnosed with severe aortic coarctation.…”
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confidence: 99%