Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from ...

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is an abnormality readily apparent by the combination of upper body hypertension and weak or absent femoral pulses. Nevertheless, studies in children's hospitals ...

Dr. Hellenbrand: As you know, although we have the capability of treating coarctation of the aorta in neonates in the cath lab, our preference is to send all the neonates to the operating room.

Aortic regurgitation occurs when blood flows retrograde (backwards) across the aortic valve from the aorta into the left ... discussed below in Peripheral Signs. The low diastolic aortic pressures ...