Coarctation

Introduction: Coarctation

Description of Coarctation

Coarctation (medical condition): A rare inherited birth defect where the heart blood vessel called...more »

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Aortic coarctation:
  »Introduction: Aortic coarctation
  »Symptoms of Aortic coarctation
  »Causes of Aortic coarctation
  »Treatments for Aortic coarctation

Coarctation: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Coarctation:

• Constriction
• Stricture
• Stenosis

Coarctation as a Disease

Coarctation: Another name for Aortic coarctation (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Aortic coarctation
  »Symptoms of Aortic coarctation
  »Causes of Aortic coarctation
  »Treatments for Aortic coarctation

Coarctation: Related Diseases

Coarctation: Coarctation is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Artery conditions
• Aorta conditions
• Circulatory system conditions
• Heart conditions
• Chest conditions

Causes of Coarctation

Some of the causes of Coarctation are included in the list below:

• Congenital heart defects
• Mitral valve stenosis
• Bicuspid aortic valve
• Patent ductus arteriosus
• Chromosome 5q deletion syndrome - coarctation of the aorta

See full list of 16 causes of Coarctation (Aortic coarctation)

Symptoms of Coarctation (Aortic coarctation)

Some of the symptoms of Coarctation incude:

• High blood pressure
• High blood pressure in the upper body and arms
• Headaches
• Weak legs
• Cold legs

See full list of 23 symptoms of Coarctation (Aortic coarctation)

Treatments for Coarctation (Aortic coarctation)

Treatments for Coarctation (Aortic coarctation) include:

• Surgery
• Blood pressure medications

Read more about treatments for Coarctation

Treatment of Coarctation: For more treatment information about Coarctation, see treatment of Aortic coarctation (Coarctation)

Coarctation: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Coarctation:

• cardiac lesion
• juxtaductal coarctation
• preductal coarctation
• postductal coarctation
• vascular malformation
• coarctated aortic segment
• infective endarteritis
• cystic medial necrosis
• coarctation of the aorta
• narrowing of the aorta
• ductus tissue theory
• hemodynamic theory
• ventricular septal defect
• bicuspid aortic valve

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