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Coarctação aórtica

Última revisão: 7 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 10 Dec 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • hipertensão se apresentando em pouca idade ou resistente ao tratamento
  • pulsação dos membros inferiores diminuída
  • diferencial na pressão arterial (PA) dos membros superiores e inferiores
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • sopro sistólico de ejeção
  • sexo masculino
  • síndrome genética
  • claudicação
  • cefaleia
  • clique de ejeção sistólica
  • outras anomalias cardíacas
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Fatores de risco

  • sexo masculino
  • idade jovem
  • história familiar
  • Síndrome de Turner
  • Síndrome de DiGeorge
  • síndrome do coração esquerdo hipoplásico
  • complexo de Shone
  • síndrome de PHACE
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
  • radiografia torácica
  • ecocardiograma
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • angiografia por tomografia computadorizada (TC)
  • ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM)/angiografia por ressonância magnética (ARM)
  • cateterismo cardíaco
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

coarctação crítica

CONTÍNUA

coarctação não crítica

coarctação recorrente

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

Declarações

JG declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

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

Declarações

AK declares that she has no competing interests.

Revisores

Sheba John, MD, FAAP

Associate Professor

Pediatric Cardiology/Adult Congenital Cardiology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City

UT

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

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

Disclosures

SK declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

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.Full text

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.Full text  Abstract

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.Full text

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.Full text

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