aortic pseudo-coarctation

• rare congenital anomaly of aortic arch
• long, redundant thoracic aorta

• 3-sign
• a/w aortic valve abnormalities (bicuspid valve, AI, AS)
• can develop aneurysms

• no hemodynamic obstruction
• no congenital ht dz

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18