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| ==Normal blood vessels== | | ==Normal blood vessels== |
| Comparing arteries and veins:<ref>URL: [http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/vascular/vascular.htm http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/vascular/vascular.htm]. Accessed on: 13 January 2011.</ref> | | Comparing arteries and veins:<ref>URL: [http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/vascular/vascular.htm http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/vascular/vascular.htm]. Accessed on: 13 January 2011.</ref> |
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" | | {| class="wikitable sortable" |
| ! Feature | | ! Feature |
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| ! Vein | | ! Vein |
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| | Internal elastic lamina | | | Internal elastic lamina (IEL) |
| | prominent/thick, usu. complete | | | prominent/thick, usu. complete |
| | thin & incomplete | | | thin & incomplete |
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| | External elastic lamina | | | External elastic lamina (EEL) |
| | present, thick | | | present, thick |
| | absent | | | absent |
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| | thin | | | thin |
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| | [[Image:2102 Comparison of Artery and Vein.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Artery and vein. (WC)]] |
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| ==Great vessels== | | ==Great vessels== |
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| ==Aortic dissection== | | ==Aortic dissection== |
| *Abbreviated ''AoD''. | | *Abbreviated ''AoD''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Aortic dissection}} |
| Risk factors:
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| *[[Hypertension]].<ref name=pmid21968475>{{Cite journal | last1 = Braverman | first1 = AC. | title = Aortic dissection: prompt diagnosis and emergency treatment are critical. | journal = Cleve Clin J Med | volume = 78 | issue = 10 | pages = 685-96 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.3949/ccjm.78a.11053 | PMID = 21968475 | URL = http://www.ccjm.org/content/78/10/685.long }}</ref>
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| *[[Atherosclerosis]].<ref name=pmid21173794>{{Cite journal | last1 = LeMaire | first1 = SA. | last2 = Russell | first2 = L. | title = Epidemiology of thoracic aortic dissection. | journal = Nat Rev Cardiol | volume = 8 | issue = 2 | pages = 103-13 | month = Feb | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1038/nrcardio.2010.187 | PMID = 21173794 }}</ref>
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| **[[Smoking]].
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| *Cardiac surgery - rare, well-known complication.<ref name=pmid22345184>{{Cite journal | last1 = Leontyev | first1 = S. | last2 = Borger | first2 = MA. | last3 = Legare | first3 = JF. | last4 = Merk | first4 = D. | last5 = Hahn | first5 = J. | last6 = Seeburger | first6 = J. | last7 = Lehmann | first7 = S. | last8 = Mohr | first8 = FW. | title = Iatrogenic type A aortic dissection during cardiac procedures: early and late outcome in 48 patients. | journal = Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 641-6 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/ejcts/ezr070 | PMID = 22345184 }}</ref>
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| Note:
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| *Diabetes uncommon in AoD.<ref name=pmid21173794/>
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| ====Associations====
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| Heritable:<ref name=pmid16253833>{{cite journal |author=Gleason TG |title=Heritable disorders predisposing to aortic dissection |journal=Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=274-81 |year=2005 |pmid=16253833 |doi=10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.001 |url=}}</ref>
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| *[[Marfan's syndrome]].
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| *Loeys-Dietz syndrome - a Marfan-like syndrome<ref name=pmid16928994>{{cite journal |author=Loeys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, ''et al'' |title=Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=355 |issue=8 |pages=788-98 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16928994 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055695 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/8/788}}</ref>
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| *[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]].
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| *[[Bicuspid aortic valve]].<ref name=pmid21173794/>
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| Others:
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| *Tertiary [[syphilis]].<ref name=pmid20864080>{{Cite journal | last1 = Cruz | first1 = RP. | last2 = Marrone | first2 = LC. | last3 = Marrone | first3 = AC. | title = Chronic syphilitic aortic aneurysm complicated with chronic aortic dissection. | journal = Am J Surg | volume = 200 | issue = 5 | pages = e64-6 | month = Nov | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.02.017 | PMID = 20864080 }}</ref>
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| *[[Turner syndrome]].<ref name=pmid21731587>{{Cite journal | last1 = Carlson | first1 = M. | last2 = Silberbach | first2 = M. | title = Dissection of the aorta in Turner syndrome: two cases and review of 85 cases in the literature. | journal = BMJ Case Rep | volume = 2009 | issue = | pages = bcr0620091998 | month = | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1136/bcr.06.2009.1998 | PMID = 21731587 }}</ref>
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| ====Classification====
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| Two classification exist:
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| *''DeBakey''.
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| *''Stanford''.
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| Stanford dissection classification:<ref name=pmid9362838>{{cite journal |author=Finkelmeier BA |title=Dissection of the aorta: a clinical update |journal=J Vasc Nurs |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=88-93 |year=1997 |month=September |pmid=9362838 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
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| *Type A - aortic root to the left subclavian artery.
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| **Considered a surgical emergency.
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| *Type B - distal to (left) subclavian artery.
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| **Generally, treated conservatively.
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| ===Gross===
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| *Entry intimal tear +/- exit intimal tear.
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| **Blood between layers of the vessel wall.
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| ====Images====
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| Image:AoDiss_Patho.jpg | Aortic dissection. (WC)
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| *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CVHTML/CV031.html Aortic dissection (utah.edu)].
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| *[http://www.brown.edu/Courses/Digital_Path/systemic_path/cardio/ad-gross.html Aortic dissection (brown.edu)].
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| ===Microscopic===
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| :See: ''[[cystic medial degeneration]]''.
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| ====Images====
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| Image:Aortic dissection (1) Victoria blue-HE.jpg | Aortic dissection. Victoria blue-H&E. (WC/KGH)
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| *[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case84.html Aortic dissection - autopsy (upmc.edu)].
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| ==Cystic medial degeneration== | | ==Cystic medial degeneration== |
| *[[AKA]] ''cystic medial necrosis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview]. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.</ref> | | *[[AKA]] ''cystic medial necrosis''.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview]. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.</ref> |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Cystic medial degeneration}} |
| *Nonspecific finding - may be seen in a number of conditions.
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| Note about ''cystic medial necrosis'':
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| *Often ''not'' cystic and ''not'' necrotic.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756835-overview]. Accessed on: 12 August 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid17620463>{{cite journal |author=Ha HI, Seo JB, Lee SH, ''et al.'' |title=Imaging of Marfan syndrome: multisystemic manifestations |journal=Radiographics |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=989–1004 |year=2007 |pmid=17620463 |doi=10.1148/rg.274065171 |url=http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full}}</ref>
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| *Basophilic ground substance in the media (seen on Movat's [[stain]]).
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| *Disruption of the elastic lamina (seen on elastic trichrome stain).
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| *+/-Focal necrosis.
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| ====Images====
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_low_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_high_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_movat_-_low_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - movat - low mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| Image:Cystic_medial_degeneration_-_movat_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Cystic medial degeneration - movat - intermed. mag. (WC/Nephron)
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| www:
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| *[http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/27/4/989.full Marfan's syndrome (radiographics.rsna.org)].
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| ===Stains===
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| *Elastin stains (e.g. [[elastic trichrome stain]]) - disruption of the elastic lamina.
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| *[[Movat's stain]] - basophilic ground substance in the media.
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| ==Medial calcific sclerosis== | | ==Medial calcific sclerosis== |
| *[[AKA]] ''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis'', ''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg'', and ''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis''.
| | [[AKA]] ''Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis'', ''calcific medial sclerosis of Monckeberg'', and ''Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis''. |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Medial calcific sclerosis}} |
| *Usually of no clinical consequence.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_Klatt7>{{Ref Klatt|7}}</ref>
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| *Medial calcification (purple irregular stuff on [[H&E stain|H&E]] -- calcium phosphate).
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| *Lumen unaffected.
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| ====Images====
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| *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/COW/COW086.html Moenckeberg medial calcific sclerosis (med.utah.edu)].
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| *[Image:Calcificatio_atherosclerotica.jpg | MCS (WC)
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| ==Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis== | | ==Hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis== |
| ===General=== | | ===General=== |
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| ==Thromboangiitis obliterans== | | ==Thromboangiitis obliterans== |
| *[[AKA]] ''Buerger disease''.
| | {{Main|Thromboangiitis obliterans}} |
| **Should '''not''' be confused with ''Berger disease'' ([[IgA nephropathy]]).
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| ===General===
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| *Strong association with smoking.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Highlander | first1 = P. | last2 = Southerland | first2 = CC. | last3 = VonHerbulis | first3 = E. | last4 = Gonzalez | first4 = A. | title = Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans): a clinical diagnosis. | journal = Adv Skin Wound Care | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 15-7 | month = Jan | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/01.ASW.0000392923.37852.43 | PMID = 21173586 }}</ref>
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| *Small and medium-sized vessels of the extremities.
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| Diagnosis - clinical:
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| *Corkscrew vessels on angiography.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fujii | first1 = Y. | last2 = Soga | first2 = J. | last3 = Nakamura | first3 = S. | last4 = Hidaka | first4 = T. | last5 = Hata | first5 = T. | last6 = Idei | first6 = N. | last7 = Fujimura | first7 = N. | last8 = Nishioka | first8 = K. | last9 = Chayama | first9 = K. | title = Classification of corkscrew collaterals in thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease): relationship between corkscrew type and prevalence of ischemic ulcers. | journal = Circ J | volume = 74 | issue = 8 | pages = 1684-8 | month = Aug | year = 2010 | doi = | PMID = 20534945 }}</ref>
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| Treatment:
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| *Stop smoking.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=pmid16892557>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kurata | first1 = A. | last2 = Schulz | first2 = A. | last3 = Franke | first3 = FE. | title = Reappraisal of thromboangiitis obliterans--a pathological contribution. | journal = Verh Dtsch Ges Pathol | volume = 88 | issue = | pages = 231-6 | month = | year = 2004 | doi = | PMID = 16892557 }}</ref>
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| *Acute inflammation:
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| ** Endarteritis - inner layers of blood vessels.
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| ** Periarteritis.
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| ==Thrombosis== | | ==Thrombosis== |
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| ==Cholesterol embolism== | | ==Cholesterol embolism== |
| *Abbreviated ''CE''. | | *Abbreviated ''CE''. |
| | {{Main|Cholesterol embolism}} |
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| ===General===
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| *Strong association with [[atherosclerosis]] - found in ~3% of individuals in an [[autopsy]] series of 267 older individuals (mean age ~65 years).<ref name=pmid19970827>{{cite journal | author=Flory CM | title=Arterial occlusions produced by emboli from eroded aortic atheromatous plaques | journal=Am J Pathol | year= 1945 | volume=21 | pages=549–565 | pmid=19970827 | issue=3 | pmc=1934118}}</ref>
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| *Significant CEs are often iatrogenic.
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| **Known complication of coronary catherization (incidence ~ 1%).<ref name=pmid12875753>{{cite journal |author=Fukumoto Y, Tsutsui H, Tsuchihashi M, Masumoto A, Takeshita A |title=The incidence and risk factors of cholesterol embolization syndrome, a complication of cardiac catheterization: a prospective study |journal=J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=211–6 |year=2003 |month=July |pmid=12875753 |doi=10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00579-5 | url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0735109703005795}}</ref>
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| **May complicate any vascular surgery, CABG.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:<ref name=Ref_Sternberg5_1735-6>{{Ref Sternberg5|1735-6}}</ref>
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| *Intravascular cholesterol clefts (biconvex white spaces) - '''key feature'''.
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| **Typically ~ 100-500 micrometers (long axis) x 50-100 micrometers (short axis). (?)
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| *+/-Macrophages and giant cells.
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| *+/-Eosinophils.
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| *May be associated with ischemic changes and [[necrosis]].
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| *Usually in the context of severe atherosclerosis.
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| *Cholesterol crystals dissolve with routine processing (paraffin embedding); this is why one talks of "cholesterol clefts".
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| Image:Cholesterol_embolus_-_intermed_mag.jpg | Cholesterol embolus - intermed. mag. (WC)
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| Image:Cholesterol_embolus_-_high_mag.jpg | Cholesterol embolus - high mag. (WC)
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| ==Coarctation of the aorta== | | ==Coarctation of the aorta== |
| *[[AKA]] ''aortic coarctation''. | | *[[AKA]] ''aortic coarctation''. |