Coarctation of the aorta

Introduction: Coarctation of the aorta

Description of Coarctation of the aorta

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

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

Coarctation of the aorta: Related Topics

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

• Coarctation
• Aorta
• Aorta disease
• Aorta disorder

Coarctation of the aorta as a Disease

Coarctation of the aorta: 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 of the aorta: Related Diseases

Coarctation of the aorta: Coarctation of the aorta 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 of the aorta

Some of the causes of Coarctation of the aorta 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 of the aorta (Aortic coarctation)

Symptoms of Coarctation of the aorta (Aortic coarctation)

Some of the symptoms of Coarctation of the aorta 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 of the aorta (Aortic coarctation)

Treatments for Coarctation of the aorta (Aortic coarctation)

Treatments for Coarctation of the aorta (Aortic coarctation) include:

• Surgery
• Blood pressure medications

Read more about treatments for Coarctation of the aorta

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

Coarctation of the aorta as a Symptom

Coarctation of the aorta (symptom): coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta...more »

Coarctation of the aorta (symptom): See Coarctation of the aorta (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Coarctation of the aorta:

• Coarctation of the aorta

Coarctation of the aorta: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Coarctation of the aorta:

• 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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