A diagnosis that is so easy yet missed till 4th decade!
A case of coarctation is described which was diagnosed in the fourth decade. A simple examination of the lower limb pulses and for radio-femoral delay with due diligence in this hypertensive patient could clinch the clinical diagnosis; yet it was missed in the preceding years. He underwent coarctopl...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | A case of coarctation is described which was diagnosed in the fourth decade. A simple examination of the lower limb pulses and for radio-femoral delay with due diligence in this hypertensive patient could clinch the clinical diagnosis; yet it was missed in the preceding years. He underwent coarctoplasty with stenting with satisfactory short term result. |
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| Item Description: | 2666-1802 2666-1810 10.4103/2666-1802.260261 |