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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2020; 08(02): 046-047
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701522
Images in Aortic Disease
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Aortic Coarctation

Umberto G. Rossi 
1   Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Interventional Radiology Unit, Ente Ospedaliero Galliera Hospital, Genova, Italy
2   Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advanced Technology, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy
,
Anna Maria Ierardi
2   Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advanced Technology, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy
,
Gianpaolo Carrafiello
3   Department of Services and Preventive Medicine, Radiology Unit, Ca' Granda Fondation, Maggiore Policlinic Hospital, University of Milan, Milano, Italy
,
Maurizio Cariati 
2   Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advanced Technology, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo and Carlo Hospital, Milano, Italy
› Author Affiliations Funding This research was funded solely through institutional sources.
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14 September 2018

18 December 2019

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31 July 2020 (online)

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Abstract

We report a case of a 45-year-old male suffering from arterial hypertension who was found to have an aortic coarctation with marked hypertrophic compensatory collateral arterial circulation. Although coarctation is relatively rare, this must be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with arterial hypertension with a positive gradient between upper and lower limbs.

Keywords

aorta - coarctation - vascular pathology - computed tomography - imaging - aging
 

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