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Aortic coarctation

Last reviewed: 24 Sep 2025
Last updated: 10 Dec 2024

Summary

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • hypertension presenting at a young age or resistant to treatment
  • diminished lower extremity pulses
  • differential upper and lower extremity blood pressure (BP)
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • systolic ejection murmur
  • male sex
  • genetic syndrome
  • claudication
  • headache
  • systolic ejection click
  • other cardiac anomalies
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Factores de riesgo

  • male sex
  • young age
  • family history
  • Turner syndrome
  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Shone complex
  • PHACE syndrome
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • chest x-ray (CXR)
  • echocardiogram
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • computed tomography (CT) angiography
  • magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)/magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)
  • cardiac catheterization
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

critical coarctation

En curso

noncritical coarctation

recurrent coarctation

Colaboradores

Autores

Jeffrey Gossett, MD
Jeffrey Gossett

Vice President and System Chief of Pediatric Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health

New Hyde Park

NY

Divulgaciones

JG declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Jeffrey Gossett wishes to gratefully acknowledge Dr Anna Kamp, a previous contributor to this topic. AK declares that she has no competing interests.

Divulgaciones

AK declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Sheba John, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor

Pediatric Cardiology/Adult Congenital Cardiology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City

UT

Divulgaciones

SJ declares that she has no competing interests.

Daniel A. Cox, DO, FACC, FAAP, FAHA

Associate Professor

Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology

University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City

UT

Divulgaciones

DAC declares that he has no competing interests.

Sachin Khambadkone, MD, DCH, DNB

Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer

Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health

London

UK

Divulgaciones

SK declares that he has no competing interests.

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Artículos principales

Erbel R, Aboyans V, Boileau C, et al; Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). 2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult. Eur Heart J. 2014 Nov 1;35(41):2873-926.Texto completo

Writing Committee Members, Isselbacher EM, Preventza O, et al. 2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the diagnosis and management of aortic disease: A report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Dec 13;80(24):e223-e393.Texto completo  Resumen

Baumgartner H, De Backer J, Babu-Narayan SV, et al. 2020 ESC guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J. 2020 Aug 29;ehaa554.Texto completo

Stout KK, Daniels CJ, Aboulhosn JA, et al. 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the management of adults with congenital heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on clinical practice guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Apr 2;73(12):e81-192.Texto completo

Writing Committee; Riambau V, Böckler D, Brunkwall J, et al. Editor's choice - management of descending thoracic aorta diseases: clinical practice guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2017 Jan;53(1):4-52.Texto completo

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