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Coarctation of the Aorta
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History
Cardiac Exam
Appearance
Blood Pressure
Arterial Pulses
Jugular Pulse
Precordial Impulses
Cardiac Ausc. Upper Right
Cardiac Ausc. Upper Left
Cardiac Ausc. Apex
Pulmonary Ausc.
Diagnosis
Summary
Labs
ECG
X Rays
Doppler -Echo
Catheterization
Treatment
Considerations
Pathology
Pediatric Presentation
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- the best initial medical therapy in this infant is administration of prostaglandin E1 intravenously
We shall now further discuss the best initial medical therapy of this newborn infant with severe heart failure due to coarctation of the aorta.
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