The cause of coarctation of aorta is unknown and it usually begins before birth and rarely develops late in life.
While doctors do not know what causes multiple heart defects to form together, coarctation of the aorta often occurs along with other congenital heart defects. You are more likely to have aortic coarctation if you or your child have certain heart conditions, such as bicuspid aortic valve, patent ductus arteriosus, holes in the wall between left and right sides of the heart, aortic valve stenosis, aortic valve regurgitation, mitral valve stenosis or mitral valve regurgitation.
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