2012-07-09-10 Coarctation of the aorta ©Francesco Contarin www.TheFetus.net
Coarctation of the aorta
Francesco Contarin, MD.
Clinica SANATRIX. Caracas Venezuela.
Case report:
A 30-year-old patient, G4P3, 35 weeks of gestation was referred to for fetal tachyarrhythmia.
Ultrasound findings were coarctation of aorta and aortic stenosis.
Figures 1-4: Dimension of aortic arch and the postductal coarctation (arrow)




Figures 5: Normal aortic arch


Figures 6, 7: Aortic coarctation: Preductal coarctation (A) and Postductal coarctation (B)
Figures 8: Three-vessel view

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