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O-Ring Aortic Banding Versus Traditional Transverse Aortic Constriction for Modeling Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy
Published on: October 6, 2022
[Hypertension in young adults: indication for possible aortic coarctation]
J W Vriend1, G A van Montfrans, A M Spijkerboer
1Afd. Cardiologie, Academisch Medisch Centrum/Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. j.w.vriend@amc.uva.nl
Abstract:
Three adult patients, a woman aged 37 and two men aged 22 and 23 years respectively, were admitted due to an unexplained hypertension. After a significant delay, the diagnosis of aortic coarctation was established for these patients. In two of them the abnormality was operatively corrected and the blood pressure subsequently normalised; the third patient is on the waiting list for the operation. In all three patients an earlier diagnosis could have been established, had accurate blood-pressure measurements of both arms and at least one leg been performed. Late detection and treatment of aortic coarctation have a profound detrimental effect on survival. Therefore it is extremely important to accurately measure the blood pressure in the limbs of young patients with hypertension.
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