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Atypical infrarenal aortic coarctation
A 56-year-old man presented with progressive lower extremity claudication, rest and night pain, and severe dyspnea on exertion. Past history included chronic back pain, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and obstructive sleep apnea. Cardiac catheterization was performed and showed a diminutive narrow aorta originating at the renal level and extending distally in the midline (A-D). This was ...
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From the time that coarctation of the aorta was first described by Morgagni in 1771 (cited by Evans, 1933) until 1944, when Crafoord and Nylin (1945) and Gross (1945) independently managed the lesion successfully by a surgical procedure, the lesion remained a curiosity which challenged the descriptive powers of anatomists and pathologists and which proved a diagnostic exercise for clinicians. T...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.665166