Aortic coarctation misdiagnosed as a descending thoracic aorta aneurysm

Aortic coarctation (AC) represents ∼7% of congenital cardiac diseases and is usually diagnosed in childhood or early adult life, depending on the severity of obstruction and associated malformations. Left untreated fewer than 20% of patients survive to age 50. We describe a case of thoracic AC, diag...

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Main Authors: Mário Raimundo, António Pedro Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-05-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204912000736