Coarctation of aorta?

summary

Coarctation of aorta refers to the limited stenosis of aorta, narrowing of lumen, resulting in the decrease of blood flow. The lesions can be limited or involve a long segment, which is called tubular dysplasia. Can occur in the thoracic aorta, can also occur in the abdominal aorta, showing different symptoms. What about coarctation of the aorta?

Coarctation of aorta?

The first symptom is that pre catheter coarctation is easy to be associated with cardiac malformation. If there is a patent ductus arteriosus to send blood flow to the thoracic aorta, there may be femoral artery pulsation. In about half of the cases, symptoms worsened when the ductus arteriosus was closed within one month of birth, manifesting as dyspnea, dyspnea, etc. systolic murmurs could be found in the left anterior chest and back.

Children with symptomatic postcatheter coarctation of aorta are generally asymptomatic in childhood. Older children and adults often seek medical treatment for upper extremity hypertension and hypertension complications. The symptoms increase with age, including headache, blurred vision, and strong pulsation of blood vessels in the head and neck. The lower part of the body is afraid of cold, fatigue and even intermittent claudication due to insufficient blood supply.

Symptom 3: the symptoms of coarctation of aorta often depend on the site of coarctation and the age of the patient. Generally, the patient is easy to have heart malformation. The patient with this disease will see a doctor in infancy because of congestive heart failure. With the increasing age of patients with coarctation of aorta, patients will also have severe head and neck vascular pulsation, blurred vision, head pain, high body temperature and other systemic symptoms, which has a great impact on the health of patients.

matters needing attention

Coarctation of aorta also needs special attention in life after the disease is cured. It is necessary to strictly prohibit the occurrence of infection, keep the patient's breathing unobstructed, develop a good habit of drinking more water, pay attention to strengthen the nutritional supplement, eat more high protein, high vitamin and high calorie food, and maintain a peaceful state of mind in order to have a good therapeutic effect.