Hypertension Associated with Coarctation of the Aorta Revisited: Case-Based Update from Experience of Three Children

• Main Authors: Ali Baykan (Author), Mustafa Argun (Author), Abdullah Özyurt (Author), Özge Pamukçu (Author), Kazım Üzüm (Author), Nazmi Narın (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) can present with different clinical pictures depending on the severity of the narrowness in the coarcted aortic segment in an age range between newborn and adolescence. Sometimes, it can cause intracranial hemorrhage or infarction when diagnosis and treatment are delay...