Why the study?
What are the blood pressure responses and prevalence of hypertension in patients with surgically repaired aortic coarctation compared to healthy controls?
What are the blood pressure responses and prevalence of hypertension in patients with surgically repaired aortic coarctation compared to healthy controls?
Patients with surgically repaired aortic coarctation frequently exhibit abnormal blood pressure responses and hypertension, which correlates with left ventricular hypertrophy despite lack of significant mechanical obstruction.
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May warrant ambulatory BP monitoring post-coarctation repair; leaves open whether BP control alters LVH progression.
Hauser et al. (2000) studied this question.
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