Aorta coarctation – a case report

Abstract

The authors report the case of a 15-years-old male football player,
referred to the outpatient hypertension clinic for investigation. The
clinical manifestations included headache, epistaxis and dizziness
evolving for 5 years.
The physical examination showed values of blood pressure in
the upper limbs higher than percentile 99; the difference in blood
pressure between the upper and lower limbs was over 40 mmHg,
femoral pulses were narrow, symmetrical and with femoral delay;
precordial systolic murmur II / VI radiating to the back.
According to the clinical data, the most probably diagnosis
was aorta coarctation. A thorax angio-CT scan was performed,
confirming our clinical suspicion. The patient was referred to
cardio-thoracic surgery and dilatation with stent by percutaneous
catheter was carried out.