Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism

The prevalence of hypertension in the pediatric age range is estimated at 1–5% worldwide, with higher rates in adolescence. Although primary hypertension is more common, due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among adolescents, secondary hypertension should be always cons...

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Autores principales: Gorito, Vanessa, Baptista, Cristina, Santos, Paulo, Costa, Ana Margarida, Carvalho, Joana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.03.005
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author Gorito, Vanessa
Baptista, Cristina
Santos, Paulo
Costa, Ana Margarida
Carvalho, Joana
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Costa, Ana Margarida
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description The prevalence of hypertension in the pediatric age range is estimated at 1–5% worldwide, with higher rates in adolescence. Although primary hypertension is more common, due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among adolescents, secondary hypertension should be always considered and excluded. We present the case of an adolescent with secondary hypertension and a challenging diagnosis associated with coarctation of aorta and Turner Mosaicism.
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spelling pubmed-83561042021-08-15 Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism Gorito, Vanessa Baptista, Cristina Santos, Paulo Costa, Ana Margarida Carvalho, Joana Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med Case Report The prevalence of hypertension in the pediatric age range is estimated at 1–5% worldwide, with higher rates in adolescence. Although primary hypertension is more common, due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome among adolescents, secondary hypertension should be always considered and excluded. We present the case of an adolescent with secondary hypertension and a challenging diagnosis associated with coarctation of aorta and Turner Mosaicism. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2021-12 2020-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8356104/ /pubmed/34401454 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.03.005 Text en © 2020 Publishing services provided by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (General Organization), Saudi Arabia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Costa, Ana Margarida
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Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title_full Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title_fullStr Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title_full_unstemmed Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title_short Coarctation of Aorta in Turner Mosaicism
title_sort coarctation of aorta in turner mosaicism
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8356104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401454
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.03.005
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