{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Aortic isthmus massive calcifications: an unusual case of secondary hypertension.
{Author}: Soukeur S;Cosset B;Farhat F;
{Journal}: J Cardiothorac Surg
{Volume}: 18
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2023 Nov 27
{Factor}: 1.522
{DOI}: 10.1186/s13019-023-02390-3
{Abstract}: 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.