Open AccessA Simple Test to Identify Coarctation of the Aorta
Author(s) -
Frank Gerbode
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-197611000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , simple (philosophy) , coarctation of the aorta , differential diagnosis , aorta , test (biology) , compression test , compression (physics) , surgery , pathology , paleontology , philosophy , materials science , epistemology , composite material , biology
Despite the widespread recognition of coartation of the aorta there are still many patients in whome the diagnosis is not made. A simple clinical test which is useful in making the diagnosis in infants and adults, is described. It depends upon the differential color changes between fingers and toes after releasing a manual compression of feet and hands in the elevated position.