Aortic coarctation: A rare and unexpected cause of secondary arterial hypertension in the elderly

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Convens, C ^a   Vermeersch, P ^a,b   Paelinck, B ^a   Van Den Heuvel, P ^a   Van Den Branden, F ^a  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AZ Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

aortic coarctation; elderly; secondary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; OXYGEN;

AGED; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE;

AGED; AORTIC COARCTATION; ARTERIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0029816109     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199609)39:1<71::AID-CCD15>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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