Postductal coarctation of the aorta

MedGen UID:: 488818
•Concept ID:: C0265879
•: Congenital Abnormality

Synonyms:	Infantile type coarctation; Postductal aortic coarctation; Postductal coarctation of aorta
SNOMED CT:	Postductal coarctation of aorta (72242008); Infantile type coarctation (72242008)

HPO:	HP:0011647

Definition

Narrowing or constriction of the aorta localized distal to the ductus arteriosus, i.e., to the postductal region of aortic arch. [from HPO]

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVPostductal coarctation of the aorta

Abnormal vascular morphology
- Abnormal blood vessel morphology
  - Abnormal morphology of the great vessels
    - Abnormal aortic morphology
      - Abnormal aortic arch morphology
        Coarctation of the descending aortic arch
        Postductal coarctation of the aorta

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical findings and hemodynamic parameters in adults surgically treated for coarctation of the aorta in childhood.

Fiserová J, Samánek M, Tůma S, Padovcová H, Hucín B
Cardiology 1980;65(4):205-13. doi: 10.1159/000170809. PMID: 7388848

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Diagnosis

The case for early use of rapid whole-genome sequencing in management of critically ill infants: late diagnosis of Coffin-Siris syndrome in an infant with left congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital heart disease, and recurrent infections.

Sweeney NM, Nahas SA, Chowdhury S, Campo MD, Jones MC, Dimmock DP, Kingsmore SF; RCIGM Investigators
Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2018 Jun;4(3) Epub 2018 Jun 1 doi: 10.1101/mcs.a002469. PMID: 29549119 Free PMC Article

Antenatal diagnosis of postductal coarctation of the aorta. A case report.

Oztunç F, Eroğlu AG, Aksoy F, Saltik IL, Turan A
Turk J Pediatr 2001 Jan-Mar;43(1):67-9. PMID: 11297163

Coronary artery-descending aorta fistula as an unusual collateral in a patient with postductal coarctation.

Kardos A, Musialek P, Csanády M
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998 Aug;44(4):431-3. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199808)44:4<431::aid-ccd16>3.0.co;2-l. PMID: 9716212

Mitral annular calcification and coarctation of aorta.

Nair CK, Ahmed I, Sketch MH
Clin Cardiol 1988 Aug;11(8):578-80. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960110813. PMID: 3168345

Solitary interruption of the arch of the aorta. Clinicopathologic review of eight cases.

Dische MR, Tsai M, Baltaxe HA
Am J Cardiol 1975 Feb;35(2):271-7. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(75)90012-0. PMID: 1119388

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