Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 52. No. 4., 2016.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.21860/medflum2016_4ro2
Coarctation of aorta – clinical manifestations and therapeutic options
Aleksandar Ovuka
; Klinika za pedijatriju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Neven Čače
; Klinika za pedijatriju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Sažetak
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is congenital heart defect (CHD) in which narrowing of thoracic aorta is typically located at the insertion of the ductus arteriosus just distal to left subclavian artery. This obstruction results in left ventricular pressure overload. CoA accounts for 4 to 6 percent of all CHD. Clinical manifestations of CoA are heart failure in neonates and infants and usually arterial hyperthension and heart murmur in older infants and children. Management of CoA depends on clinical presentation, type of CoA, assosiated heart defects and age. Treatment options are surgery, baloon angioplasty and stent insertion.
Ključne riječi
balloon angioplasty; aortic coarctation; stent; treatment
Hrčak ID:
168442
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Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2016.
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