Coarctation of the aorta - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing in a part of the body's main artery, called the aorta The heart must pump more forcefully to send blood through the aorta and on to the rest of the body
Coarctation of the aorta - Wikipedia The word coarctation means "pressing or drawing together; narrowing" Coarctations are most common in the aortic arch The arch may be small in babies with coarctations Other heart defects may also occur when coarctation is present, typically occurring on the left side of the heart
Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA) - Cleveland Clinic This is the artery that sends oxygen-rich blood from your baby’s heart to the rest of their body “Coarctation” is a medical term for narrowing With CoA, one part of your baby’s aorta is narrower than it should be This makes it harder for blood to flow through
Coarctation of the Aorta (CoA) - American Heart Association Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the aorta between the upper body branches and the lower body branches It's typically in an isolated location just after the "arch" of the aorta
Coarctation of the Aorta | UH Harrington Heart Vascular . . . Coarctation of the aorta, also called aortic coarctation, is a birth defect in which part of the aorta is abnormally narrow This narrowing causes the heart to pump harder to move blood through the artery