Diagnosis of Aortic Coarctation Using Renal Dopplersonography, a Case Report

Ahmad Rezaee¹, Leili Ebrahimi^2*, Sedigheh Saedi³

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.

DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2015.45038                

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

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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