A birth defect characterized by the narrowing of the AORTA that can be of varying degree and at any point from the transverse arch to the iliac bifurcation. Aortic coarctation causes arterial HYPERTENSION before the point of narrowing and arterial HYPOTENSION beyond the narrowed portion.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001017
altLabel
Coarctation of the Aorta
Aorta Dominant Coarctation
Coarctation of Aorta Dominant
Aorta Dominant Coarctations
Coarctation, Aortic
Coarctations, Aortic
Aorta Coarctations
Aortic Coarctations
Aorta Coarctation
Coarctation of Aorta
AQL
BL CF CI CL CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
cui
C2930803
C0003492
DC
1
definition
A birth defect characterized by the narrowing of the AORTA that can be of varying degree and at any point from the transverse arch to the iliac bifurcation. Aortic coarctation causes arterial HYPERTENSION before the point of narrowing and arterial HYPOTENSION beyond the narrowed portion.
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