aorta coarctation
MONDO:0007345Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names aorta coarctation yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Congenital narrowing of a segment of the aorta. Signs and symptoms include hypertension, muscle weakness, shortness of breath, headaches and leg cramps.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0007345), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
16 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Coarctation of the descending aortic archHPOHP:0012305
- Obligate (100% of cases)
- Abnormal left ventricular outflow tract morphologyHPOHP:0011103
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Bicuspid aortic valveHPOHP:0001647
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- CardiomegalyHPOHP:0001640
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Coronary artery atherosclerosisHPOHP:0001677
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Hypoplastic left ventricleHPOHP:0004383
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Congestive heart failureHPOHP:0001635
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HypertensionHPOHP:0000822
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Hypoplastic aortic archHPOHP:0012304
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Patent ductus arteriosusHPOHP:0001643
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Perimembranous ventricular septal defectHPOHP:0011682
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Persistent left superior vena cavaHPOHP:0005301
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Reported absent (2)
- Interrupted aortic archHPOHP:0011611
- Pseudocoarctation of the aortaHPOHP:0005295
Show the remaining 4
- Aortic valve atresiaHPOHP:0010883
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Pulmonary arterial hypertensionHPOHP:0002092
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- StrokeHPOHP:0001297
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Tetralogy of FallotHPOHP:0001636
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: aorta coarctation
- Also called
- aortic coarctation