See Also: Coarctation(health)
Coarctation(medicine)
coarctation(dictionary)
aortic coarctation(medicine)
aorta, coarctation of the(encyclopedia)
Aorta, coarctation of the(health)
Coarctation of the Aorta(health)
Coarctation of the aorta(medicine)
abdominal aortic coarctation(medicine)
aortic pseudo-coarctation(medicine)

Coarctation (health)


A narrowing, a stricture, a constriction. Although the best known coarctation is of the aorta, any artery can have a coarctation. The word "coarctation" comes from the Latin "coartare" meaning :to press together." The sides of the vessel at the point of a coarctation appear pressed together.