Calcific Plug Obstructing the Thoracic Aorta

We describe a case of a 57-year-old woman with occlusion of the thoracic aorta due to a calcific plug as an unusual cause of refractory hypertension. Middle aortic syndrome, also known as “ coral reef aorta ,” defined as a clinical condition caused by thoracic and/or abdominal aortic stenosis, requi...

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Autores principales: Del Re, Federico, De Martino, Andrea, Falcetta, Giosuè, Bortolotti, Uberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7324252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32599631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1701000
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author Del Re, Federico
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description We describe a case of a 57-year-old woman with occlusion of the thoracic aorta due to a calcific plug as an unusual cause of refractory hypertension. Middle aortic syndrome, also known as “ coral reef aorta ,” defined as a clinical condition caused by thoracic and/or abdominal aortic stenosis, requires peculiar treatment strategies representing a complex surgical challenge.
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spelling pubmed-73242522020-07-01 Calcific Plug Obstructing the Thoracic Aorta Del Re, Federico De Martino, Andrea Falcetta, Giosuè Bortolotti, Uberto Aorta (Stamford) We describe a case of a 57-year-old woman with occlusion of the thoracic aorta due to a calcific plug as an unusual cause of refractory hypertension. Middle aortic syndrome, also known as “ coral reef aorta ,” defined as a clinical condition caused by thoracic and/or abdominal aortic stenosis, requires peculiar treatment strategies representing a complex surgical challenge. Thieme Medical Publishers 2020-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7324252/ /pubmed/32599631 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1701000 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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