A case of severe asymptomatic aortic coarctation in an adult female.
Coarctation of the aorta is typically a disease of childhood and early adulthood, and there is a reduced life expectancy in patients who have not undergone correction. Survival to older age is rare, due to severe cardiovascular complications. We describe the case of a woman first diagnosed with coarctation of aorta at an advanced age.
Division of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece.
Spyros
S
Tsikrikas
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece.
Charalampos
C
Charalampous
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos P
KP
Letsas