The challenge in diagnosing coarctation of the aorta.
Cardiovasc J Afr
; 29(4): 252-255, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Critical coarctation of the aorta in neonates is a common cause of shock and death. It may be the most difficult of all forms of critical congenital heart disease to diagnose because the obstruction from the coarctation does not appear until several days after birth (and after discharge from the hospital), and because there are no characteristic murmurs. Some of these patients may be detected by neonatal screening by pulse oximetry, but only a minority is so diagnosed. Older patients are usually asymptomatic but, although clinical diagnosis is easy, they are frequently undiagnosed.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Coartação Aórtica
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Oximetria
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Triagem Neonatal
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Técnicas de Diagnóstico Cardiovascular
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Técnicas de Imagem Cardíaca
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cardiovasc J Afr
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article