%0 Journal Article
%T Totally Occluded Coarctation of the Aorta in a Young Adult
%A Marguerite T&#233
%A ning Diouf
%A Mohamed Leye
%A Joseph Salvator Mingou
%A Aw Fatou
%A Ndeye Faye
%A Sy Aim&#233
%A Mbaye
%A Malick Bodian
%A Aliou Alassane Ngaid&#233
%A Abdoul Kane
%J World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases
%P 282-287
%@ 2164-5337
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/wjcd.2024.144022
%X We report the case of a 20-year-old female patient presenting with a totally occluded coarctation of the aorta. The patient was admitted for the evaluation of resistant grade III high blood pressure. The physical examination revealed a blood pressure gradient between the upper and lower limbs, absent femoral pulses, a diffuse continuous murmur over the chest, and hyperpulsatility of the carotid arteries and sternal notch. A transthoracic echocardiography outlined a narrowing in the caliber of the isthmic aorta without acceleration of flow or gradient. Thoracic CT angiography revealed a complete aortic coarctation with interruption of continuity between segment 3 and the descending aorta.
%K Coarctation of Aorta
%K Complete Aortic Occlusion
%K High Blood Pressure
%K Adult
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=132795