| The aortic arch was not hypoplastic, and no evidence for coarctation was noted. |
| The coarctation forces the heart to pump harder to get blood through the aorta and on to the rest of your body. |
| Now he had a coarctation of the aorta and would probably need major surgery. |
| Peripheral pulses also should be measured for rate and rhythm and to rule out coarctation of the aorta. |
| These anomalies include patent ductus arteriosus, vascular ring, and coarctation of aorta. |
| Our son's heart defect was a coarctation of the aorta, a narrowing of the body's largest artery. |
