Abstract
Aortic coarctation comprises roughly 7 % of all known congenital heart defects, with an approximate frequency of 0.04 % of live births. It is usually a discrete stenosis in the region of the ligamentum arteriosum. Rarely it can occur in the ascending aorta or the abdominal aorta. It may be associated with diffuse hypoplasia of the aortic arch and isthmus, sometimes associated with duct-dependent circulation. Isolated aortic coarctation may occur in 82 % of cases and is the most common form detected in adults.
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Filho, R.I.R., Manica, J.L.L. (2015). Aortic Coarctation. In: Butera, G., Chessa, M., Eicken, A., Thomson, J. (eds) Cardiac Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5681-7_22
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