Letter C

Coarctation

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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.

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