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J Cardiothorac Surg
; 18(1): 344, 2023 Nov 27.
Artículo
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38012735
RESUMEN
We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who was hospitalized five times in 4 months for episodes of heart failure, associated with a sustained hypertension despite a fivefold therapy. The pathophysiological mechanism of the hypertension was a secondary hyperaldosteronism linked to a renal hypoperfusion due to the narrowing of the thoracic aorta by a huge calcified plaque, mimicking an aortic coarctation.