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Can Coarctation Of The Aorta Cause Severe Syncope?
My daughter has coarctation of the arota since she was 2, she is now 14. She has never experienced any problems and the cardiologists said after many test that it was not a severe narrowing. She has not started to pass out. I have appt tomorrow but I was wondering if her passing out may have to do with the narrowing in her heart. Can a Coarctation get worse c
Mon, 28 May 2018
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Coarctation of the aorta does not cause syncope. If at the point of narrowing in the aorta, atherosclerosis occurred, then the plaque would cause further narrowing and the coarctation would become worse.
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Coarctation of the aorta does not cause syncope. If at the point of narrowing in the aorta, atherosclerosis occurred, then the plaque would cause further narrowing and the coarctation would become worse.
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