1/10. aortic coarctation suspected by Doppler echocardiography of renal arteries in hypertensive patients referred to a hospital outpatient hypertension clinic.Coarctation of the aorta is the fourth most frequent form of congenital cardiovascular disease, which is diagnosed by the presence of higher blood pressures in the arms than in the legs. In this report we describe 3 cases of aortic coarctation, in which the correct diagnosis was suspected only months or years after the detection of hypertension, when a renal ultrasound examination was requested, despite the fact that the hallmarks of the disease were present at the physical examination in all patients. A marked reduction in renal flow velocities was suggestive of proximal aortic stenosis in all 3 cases. We conclude that the diagnosis of aortic coarctation, an uncommon but not so rare form of secondary hypertension, by renal ultrasonography rather than by a complete physical examination, reflects a commitment failure of physicians in everyday management of hypertension.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/10. Hypoplasia of the abdominal aorta--a case report.Infrarenal aortic coarctation is a very uncommon vascular disease. It has been named as hypoplasia of abdominal aorta, mid aortic dysplasia, mid aortic syndrome, atrophy of aorta, atresia of the terminal aorta & atypical coarctation. The pathogenesis is still controversial. hypertension is an almost universal feature of this disorder. We present a case report with postmortem findings of a young female patient having hypoplasia of abdominal aorta for its rarity.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/10. aorta coarctation presenting with intracranial aneurysm rupture.Most vascular diseases have a tendency to affect both heart and the brain. Intracranial aneurysms are more often found in patients with aorta coarctation than in general population, and aneurysm rupture occurs much earlier in these patients. Here, we report a case of aorta coarctation which was diagnosed with its cerebrovascular complications. Before presenting with cerebrovascular complications, the disease can easily be diagnosed with physical examination and non-invasive radiological investigations like echocardiography or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/10. The aortic coarctation and the Etruscan man: morphohistologic diagnosis of an ancient cardiovascular disease.Reports of cardiovascular diseases in ancient time are very rare since the material mainly consists of skeletal remains; therefore, these diagnoses can only be carried out indirectly, through the marks left on bones. Here we show a case of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed on bones. aortic coarctation is a congenital disorder in which a portion of the aorta is narrowed to various extent. A collateral circulation system is enrolled to allow adequate compensation of the blood flow. Collateral vessels may become enlarged, producing a distinctive notching on the pleural surface of the ribs and on adjacent bones. Excavation of a sixth to fifth century B.C. Etruscan tomb revealed three funerary chambers (celle) housing 14 skeletal remains of adults. The ribs of one of the male skeleton showed "nail stroke" indentations. Detailed macroscopic examination enabled us to identify them as notching and led to the diagnosis of postductal aortic coarctation. Histological analysis of bone tissue from the notching areas excluded inflammatory and pathological erosive events, supporting the macroscopic diagnosis. The present paper is the first description of aortic coarctation in paleopathology.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/10. Abdominal aortic coarctation inducing aortic occlusion and renovascular hypertension.Abdominal aortic coarctation is a rare, non-atherosclerotic disease. It is a functionally significant at an early age when associated with aortic branch stenosis and renovascular hypertension. The pathogenesis of aortic constrictive lesions remains unknown, but may be related to developmental error or aortic growth arrest and various hypotheses have been reported. When the renal arteries are involved by the coarctation, severe hypertension is common at an early age and in untreated patients, life-threatening complications commonly occur. patients who reach the age of 40 years generally have the coarctation below the renal arteries but even when the renal arteries are not involved by the coarctation, renovascular disease may still occur due to secondary atherosclerosis. Aortic thrombosis secondary to abdominal aortic coarctation with renovascular disease and lower limb ischemia, occurring in a 63-year old woman, is reported.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/10. Acute aortic occlusion as a late complication of coarctation repair.Late morbidity and mortality following surgical correction of coarctation of the aorta in adults are primarily related to associated cardiovascular disease, especially persistent systemic hypertension and its sequelae. complications related to the site of coarctation repair are relatively uncommon in this age group and include residual and recurrent coarctation and aneurysm formation. An unusual case is presented in which dehiscence of the proximal suture line of a Dacron tube graft resulted in a flap-valve effect, pseudoaneurysm formation, and acute functional occlusion of the aorta. The angiographic findings are described and the relevant literature reviewed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/10. magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric vascular disease.magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to study eight children with known vascular disease proved by angiography. Congenital and acquired large vessel disease was equally well demonstrated noninvasively by both MRI and angiography, and in one patient MRI provided superior information about pulmonary artery patency.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/10. Von Recklinghausen's vasculopathy.Vasculopathy in the syndrome of Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis is a well known but clinically underestimated phenomenon. Its manifestations have included renovascular hypertension, occlusive cerebrovascular disease and visceral ischemia. The progressive arterial disease may involve small vessels on a regular basis and large vessels in a variety of angiographic patterns. A young neurofibromatosis patient is described with an aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery complicating renovascular hypertension associated with aortic coarctation and renal artery stenosis. This unique angiographic demonstration illustrates the therapeutic dilemmas posed by the vascular disease associated with Von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/10. hypertensive encephalopathy. A cause of neonatal seizures.hypertensive encephalopathy is rare in newborns. The few reported cases of malignant hypertension in newborns have been secondary to renovascular disease. We studied an infant with hypertensive encephalopathy secondary to isolated coarctation of the aorta. Infants with this condition are generally asymptomatic; to our knowledge, this is the youngest patient to have had neurologic complications secondary to isolated coarctation of the aorta.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/10. Arterial hypertension and neurofibromatosis: renal artery stenosis and coarctation of abdominal aorta.A 10-year-old girl had arterial hypertension, generalized neurofibromatosis, coarctation of the abdominal aorta and multiple stenoses at the origin of each renal artery. After resection of the stenotic areas and reimplantation of the renal arteries in the aorta, her arterial pressure decreased substantially. However, hypertension recurred and radiologic follow-up 4 1/2 years later showed distinct progression of the coarctation and renewed stenosis of all renal arteries at their origin. The stenotic areas showed eccentric intimal proliferation, frequently bulging into the lumen, with small nodular aggregates of smooth muscle cells and proliferation of fibrous tissue containing spindle-shaped nuclei in a palisading pattern. hypertension associated with neurofibromatotic vascular disease has been described in 47 other patients in the literature. These patients have been young (mean age, 14 years) and predominantly male. In contrast to fibromuscular dysplasia, in which 95% of all stenoses are found in the distal two thirds of the renal arteries, in vascular neurofibromatosis more than 50% of the stenoses are found at the origin.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = vascular disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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