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INVESTIGATION COMPLICATIONS

 Urine Dipstick  Damage to your arteries
 Aneurysm.
 Blood urea and electrolytes +/- eGFR
 Heart failure.
 12 lead ECG
 Weakened and narrowed blood vessels in
 Fundoscopy your kidneys.
 Thickened, narrowed or torn blood vessels
 Blood glucose in the eyes

 Serum total and HDL cholesterol  Metabolic syndrome.

CO-ARCTATION OF AORTA

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a relatively
common defect that accounts for 5-8% of all
congenital heart defects. Coarctation of the aorta
may occur as an isolated defect or in association
with various other lesions, most commonly
bicuspid aortic valve and ventricular septal defect
(VSD).

Coarctation of the aorta may be defined as a
constricted aortic segment that comprises
localized medial thickening, with some infolding of
the medial and superimposed neointimal tissue.
The localized constriction may form a shelflike
structure with an eccentric opening or may be a
membranous curtainlike structure with a central
or eccentric opening. The coarctation may be
discrete, or a long segment of the aorta may be
narrowed; the former is more common