AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: JOHN T. KING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 June 1937AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTTHE BLOOD PRESSURE IN STENOSIS AT THE ISTHMUS (COARCTATION) OF THE AORTA; CASE REPORTS*JOHN T. KING, F.A.C.P.JOHN T. KING, F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-12-1802 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well known that the arterial pressure in the arms in cases of congenital stenosis at the isthmus of the aorta is frequently higher than the normal. This is so often the case, that the impression is more or less current that hypertension in the arms is a necessary part of the diagnostic picture, and that investigation of all cases of hypertension will lead to recognition of all cases of isthmus stenosis. 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