Emergent Presentation of an Adult with Undiagnosed Coarctation of the Aorta

Coarctation of the aorta is typically thought to be a childhood disease. However, emergency physicians must keep a broad differential diagnosis when faced with a young patient with signs and symptoms of acute congestive heart failure. The authors present a case of newly diagnosed coarctation of the...

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Autores principales: Armistead, Shannon, Mullins, David, Sherick, Stephen, Ashurst, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5836430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29670774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5756983
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Sumario:Coarctation of the aorta is typically thought to be a childhood disease. However, emergency physicians must keep a broad differential diagnosis when faced with a young patient with signs and symptoms of acute congestive heart failure. The authors present a case of newly diagnosed coarctation of the aorta in a 26-year-old male who was first misdiagnosed with pneumonia.

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