A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female
Coarctation of the aorta is typically a disease of childhood and early adulthood, and there is a reduced life expectancy in patients who have not undergone correction. Survival to older age is rare, due to severe cardiovascular complications. We describe the cas...
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| author | Spyros Tsikrikas Charalampos Charalampous Konstantinos P. Letsas |
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| description | Coarctation of the aorta is typically a disease of childhood and early adulthood,
and there is a reduced life expectancy in patients who have not undergone correction. Survival to
older age is rare, due to severe cardiovascular complications. We describe the case of a woman first
diagnosed with coarctation of aorta at an advanced age. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b339d89e40a34a66938d43d1a468106d2025-02-03T01:20:29ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122011-01-01201110.1155/2011/535463535463A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult FemaleSpyros Tsikrikas0Charalampos Charalampous1Konstantinos P. Letsas2Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, GreeceSecond Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, GreeceCoarctation of the aorta is typically a disease of childhood and early adulthood, and there is a reduced life expectancy in patients who have not undergone correction. Survival to older age is rare, due to severe cardiovascular complications. We describe the case of a woman first diagnosed with coarctation of aorta at an advanced age.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/535463 |
| spellingShingle | Spyros Tsikrikas Charalampos Charalampous Konstantinos P. Letsas A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female Case Reports in Cardiology |
| title | A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female |
| title_full | A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female |
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| title_short | A Case of Severe Asymptomatic Aortic Coarctation in an Adult Female |
| title_sort | case of severe asymptomatic aortic coarctation in an adult female |
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