Objective Improvement in Cognitive Function following Aortic Coarctation Repair in an Adult

Coarctation of the aorta is a rare finding in adults and can present with vague symptoms. We report a case of a 64-year-old cognitively impaired female who presented with fatigue and tinnitus. After extensive workup, she was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta and subsequently underwent repair....

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Autores principales: Hayes, Danielle, French, Bryce, Tan, Swee Lian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34607382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1724004
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description Coarctation of the aorta is a rare finding in adults and can present with vague symptoms. We report a case of a 64-year-old cognitively impaired female who presented with fatigue and tinnitus. After extensive workup, she was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta and subsequently underwent repair. After operative intervention for her coarctation, her cognitive impairment was found to have an objective improvement evidenced by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
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spelling pubmed-84899942021-10-06 Objective Improvement in Cognitive Function following Aortic Coarctation Repair in an Adult Hayes, Danielle French, Bryce Tan, Swee Lian Aorta (Stamford) Coarctation of the aorta is a rare finding in adults and can present with vague symptoms. We report a case of a 64-year-old cognitively impaired female who presented with fatigue and tinnitus. After extensive workup, she was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta and subsequently underwent repair. After operative intervention for her coarctation, her cognitive impairment was found to have an objective improvement evidenced by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8489994/ /pubmed/34607382 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1724004 Text en The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, permitting unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction so long as the original work is properly cited. ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) 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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