Coarctation of the aorta

Question 1

What is coarctation of the aorta

Answer 1

Congenital narrowing of the descending aorta

Question 2

More common in which gender?

Answer 2

Males (however has association with Turner’s

Question 3

Features

Answer 3

infancy: heart failure
adult: hypertension
radio-femoral delay
mid systolic murmur, maximal over back
apical click from the aortic valve
notching of the inferior border of the ribs (due to collateral vessels) is not seen in young children

Question 4

Associations with which disease?

Answer 4

Turner’s syndrome
bicuspid aortic valve
berry aneurysms
neurofibromatosis