Multi‐Drug–Resistant Hypertension Caused by Severe Aortic Coarctation Presenting in Late Adulthood
Meller SM, Fahey JT, Setaro JF, Forrest JK. Multi‐Drug–Resistant Hypertension Caused by Severe Aortic Coarctation Presenting in Late Adulthood. Journal Of Clinical Hypertension 2015, 17: 313-316. PMID: 25644790, PMCID: PMC8032136, DOI: 10.1111/jch.12495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAngiographyAntihypertensive AgentsAortic CoarctationBlood PressureDrug Resistance, MultipleFemaleHumansHypertensionMiddle AgedStentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsAortic coarctationRefractory hypertensionStent implantationSuccessful blood pressure controlElevated renin levelsSevere aortic coarctationDrug-resistant hypertensionBlood pressure controlPercutaneous stent implantationTreatment of coarctationEndovascular stent implantationLong-term improvementLate adulthoodVerapamil monotherapyRenin levelsResistant hypertensionFemale patientsRare etiologyCongenital narrowingDisease entityDifferential diagnosisHypertensionCoarctationPressure controlAdulthood