Amaral F, Peres L C, Granzotti J A, Almeida Filho O C, Monteiro C
Hospital do Coração de Ribeirão Preto/Fundação Waldemar B. Pessoa e Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP.
Arq Bras Cardiol. 1997 Jun;68(6):451-2.
The case of a neonate in heart failure with the classical signs of coarctation of the aorta is described. Two dimension and Doppler echocardiography ruled out coarctation of the aorta and an abdominal ultrasonography detected a large thrombotic formation in the abdominal aorta, confirmed at necropsy.