Clinical Diagnosis · Cardiovascular System · Hard
Coarctation
Meaning: Congenital narrowing of the aorta, usually near where the ductus arteriosus attached.
In practice: Upper body hypertension, weak leg pulses and radio-femoral delay; associated with Turner syndrome in girls.
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