title: An infrarenal abdominal aortic coarctation.
abstract: We describe a case of infrarenal abdominal coarctation in a 44-year-old woman who presented with severe uncontrolled hypertension. She had no signs of lower limb ischemia with normal distal pulses. Electron beam tomography revealed abdominal aortic coarctation extending from the superior mesenteric artery to the inferior mesenteric artery with a diameter of 9 mm. Also, at the level of coarctation, the aortic branches including the renal arteries were in a serpentine shape.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sureyyapasa Thoracic and Cardiovascular Disease Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. cengizkoksal@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Selman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Demirci
authors.forename: Guniz Meyanci
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zengin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed