Diagnosis of Aortic Coarctation Using Renal Dopplersonography, a Case Report - Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

CRCM > Vol.4 No.5, May 2015

Diagnosis of Aortic Coarctation Using Renal Dopplersonography, a Case Report (Short Report)

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DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2015.45038 2,825 Downloads 3,470 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ahmad Rezaee¹, Leili Ebrahimi^2*, Sedigheh Saedi³

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Radiology, Hamedan University of Medical Science, Hamedan, Iran.
²Department of Cardiology, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran.
³Rajaei Cardiovascular, Medical, Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

ABSTRACT

Renal Doppler sonography has proved efficacious in detection of several important underlying causes of secondary hypertension. Its application in diagnosis of congenital arterial abnormalities has also recently received attention. Herein, we presented a patient who was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (COA) using renal Doppler sonography during work-up for secondary hypertension.

KEYWORDS

COA

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Rezaee, A. , Ebrahimi, L. and Saedi, S. (2015) Diagnosis of Aortic Coarctation Using Renal Dopplersonography, a Case Report. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 4, 189-192. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2015.45038.

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