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Case # 3

The patient was a 13-year-old girl referred to our institution because of hypertension detected during a school screening examination 1 month prior. The diagnosis was confirmed through sequential evaluations, including transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac and great vessels computed tomography angiography.
What is the answer? Coarctation of aorta Whats the learning point? Although renal vascular or parenchymal diseases remain the most common causes of adolescent hypertension, rare etiologies such as interrupted aortic arch should be considered in clinical practice. Case cite Wang L, Fang M, Ma R, Zhang C, Wan Q, Yuan Q, Hu Y, Lv L, Zhang Y. Aortic Coarctation Progresses to Become Functional Interrupted Aortic Arch. JACC Case Rep. 2026 Jan 21;31(3):106292. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.106292. Epub 2025 Dec 2. PMID: 41335067. How to add more learning point? Compose a tweet in x.com like this: @cardioquiz #Hcmp YOUR_LEARNING_POINT_MESSAGE PUBMED_URL_DESIRABLE Compose a tweet

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