COOLEY AND CO - WORKERS TABLE 1 . - Clinical Data on 6 Patients with Coarctation of the Aorta

The combination of patent (luctus arteriosus land coarctation of the aorta poses special anatomic, physiologic and surgical proldems. An experience with 14 such cases is presented, wVhich suggests that pulmonary hypertension occurs frequently in these cases. Physiologic data in cases having coarctation of the aorta, patent (luctus arteriosus and pulmonary hypertension that underwent cardiac catheterization are preselnte(l. Clinical, anatoimic, physiologic ani(l surgictal implications of this combination are discussedl.