Leaving the hospital after a coarctation is only one step in a lifelong process.

Fewer than one in four people who have untreated coarctation make it to their 50s.

Just because the coarctation was fixed does not mean that the patient is cured.

Most of the time, surgery to fix the coarctation is done during infancy.

Narrowing or coarctation of the artery can return after surgery.

Coarctation of the aorta is a common heart defect present at birth.

All of these patients were older than ten years of age when the initial coarctation procedure occurred.

Other cardiac defects may also occur when coarctation is present, typically occurring on the left side of the heart.

When a patient has a coarctation, the left ventricle has to work harder.

In kids, it's the opposite: coarctation is common; hypertension's the rarity.

Coarctation of the aorta can be cured with surgery.

Additionally, the children of diabetic mothers are more likely to have aortic coarctation.

An untreated coarctation may also result in hypertrophy of the left ventricle.

Its presence is important during the surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta.

Coarctation of the aorta requires repair by surgery or heart catheterization.

People with aortic coarctation have a harsh-sounding murmur that can be heard from the back.

Together, they developed a shunt technique to bypass coarctation of the aorta.

He helped to identify the cause of heart defects such as coarctation of the aorta.

Coarctation of aorta is also a risk factor.

The coarctation typically occurs after the left subclavian artery.

It may also be due to aortic coarctation, and most other congenital heart malformations.

One cause of high blood pressure is a narrowing called a coarctation of the aorta.

Aortic coarctation is more common in persons with certain genetic disorders, such as Turner syndrome.

Coarctation of the aorta may be seen with other congenital heart defects, such as:

Some patient may, however, develop narrowing (stenosis) or dilatation at the previous coarctation site.