Surgery is still the treatment of choice in infants with an aortic coarctation with a mortality rate of less than 1%. Balloon dilatation should be avoided in children and neonates as it is less ...

An expert has issued a warning to people if they notice a specific sign when pressing down on the fingernails.

Coarctation of the aorta is typically present at birth ... a difference in blood pressure between the arms and legs, a weak or delayed pulse, and a wooshing sound caused by faster blood flow ...

COIMBATORE: A 25-year-old woman from Tirunelveli who was diagnosed with coarctation of the aorta (COA), a rare congenital ... blood pressure was low in her legs. In an ECHO test, it was found ...