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Echocardiographic Assessment Using Subxiphoid-Only Examination for Hypotensive Patients
Published on: April 18, 2025
The unusual hypertensive patient
Saad Al Bugami1, Mansour Al Motairi, Ahmed Al Zahrani
1King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University, King Abdulaziz Medical City, king Khalid National Guard Hospital, Jeddah 21423, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Many young patients with systemic hypertension have secondary causes which if identified early could lessen the cardiovascular complications associated with long standing hypertension. Coarctation of the aorta is one of those rare causes. We describe a 40 year old male with hypertension, coarctation of the aorta, bicuspid aortic valve, PDA and an adrenal mass.
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