%0 Case Reports
%T Aortic isthmus massive calcifications: an unusual case of secondary hypertension.
%A Soukeur S
%A Cosset B
%A Farhat F
%J J Cardiothorac Surg
%V 18
%N 1
%D 2023 Nov 27
%M 38012735
%F 1.522
%R 10.1186/s13019-023-02390-3
%X We present the case of a 63-year-old woman who was hospitalized five times in 4 months for episodes of heart failure, associated with a sustained hypertension despite a fivefold therapy. The pathophysiological mechanism of the hypertension was a secondary hyperaldosteronism linked to a renal hypoperfusion due to the narrowing of the thoracic aorta by a huge calcified plaque, mimicking an aortic coarctation.