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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1409-0015</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Medicina Legal de Costa Rica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Med. leg. Costa Rica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1409-0015</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Forense]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1409-00152020000100087</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Coartación de aorta]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Coarctation of the Aorta]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bolaños Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mora Membreño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karla]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bolaños Umaña]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Stephanie]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bujan Murillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastián]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica.</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>87</fpage>
<lpage>92</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1409-00152020000100087&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1409-00152020000100087&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1409-00152020000100087&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La coartación de aorta es una cardiopatía congénita con altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad, que usualmente es subdiagnosticada a pesar de la disponibilidad de herramientas diagnósticas. El grado de severidad de las manifestaciones clínicas de la coartación de aorta va a depender del grado de obstrucción, así como de la presencia de defectos cardiacos y lesiones extracardíacas asociados. En la población pediátrica la modalidad terapéutica mayormente utilizada es la reparación quirúrgica; mientras que la angioplastia con balón y la colocación de una endoprótesis son menos utilizadas en esta población, ya que asocian mayor riesgo de reestenosis con la consecuente reintervención, estas técnicas son principalmente utilizadas en pacientes mayores. A pesar del éxito en la reparación de la coartación de aorta, los pacientes deben continuar un seguimiento estrecho a largo plazo, que incluye mediciones de la presión arterial de manera periódica, así como estudios por imagen de la estructura cardíaca, debido a la aparición tardía de complicaciones cardiovasculares asociadas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart disease with high rates of morbidity and mortality, which is usually underdiagnosed despite the availability of diagnostic tests. The degree of severity of the clinical manifestations of coarctation of the aorta will depend on the level of obstruction, as well as the presence of cardiac defects and associated extracardiac lesions. In the pediatric population the most used therapeutic modality is surgical correction; while balloon angioplasty and stent placement are less used in this population, since they are associated with a greater risk of restenosis with the subsequent reintervention; these techniques are mostly used in older patients. Despite the success in the repair of coarctation of the aorta, patients should continue a close long-term follow-up, which includes periodic blood pressure measurements, as well as imaging studies that assess the cardiac structure, due to the late onset of associated cardiovascular complications.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Cardiopatía congénita]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Coartación de aorta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Hipertensión arterial.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pons Varolii]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fifth cranial nerve]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[compression, nerve root]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[microsurgery.]]></kwd>
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<issue>12</issue>
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