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Abdominal aorta interruption and CHD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2014

Lia Oliveira ,
Erica Torres  and
Rui Anjos
Lia Oliveira*
Affiliation:
Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Santa Cruz – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal Serviço de Pediatria Médica, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Erica Torres
Affiliation:
Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Santa Cruz – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Rui Anjos
Affiliation:
Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Santa Cruz – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal Serviço de Cardiologia Pediátrica, Hospital de Santa Cruz – Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal
*
Correspondence to: L. C. F. Oliveira, MD, Departamento de Pediatria, Serviço de Pediatria Médica, Hospital de Santa Maria, Avenida Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisbon, Portugal. Tel: +0 035 121 780 5229; Fax: +0 035 121 780 5229; E-mail: lcfoliveira@gmail.com
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Abstract

We report a rare case of CHD and abdominal aorta interruption. Renal hypertension was the first sign of the abdominal aortic malformation. The aetiology of abdominal aortic interruption remains unclear, it could be congenital or acquired.

Keywords

CHDabdominal aorta interruptionrenal hypertension
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , June 2015 , pp. 992 - 993
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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