Prenatal diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta with a long and angled isthmus by two- and three-dimensional echocardiography: a case report

Abstract Background Prenatal diagnosis of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is challenging for most examiners. The malformation often occurs at the aortic isthmus, which is a short segment between the origin of the left subclavian artery and the insertion of the ductus. We report herein a rare case of...

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Main Authors: Yu Wang, Caixia Liu, Ying Zhang, Meilian Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
3D
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-021-01987-7