Betul Akdal

Abdominal Aortic Hypoplasia, a Rare Cause of Hypertension

Lale Pasaoglu, Ugur Toprak, Betul Akdal, Dilek Acar & Suha Koparal · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Hypoplasia of the abdominal aorta is an exceedingly rare vascular abnormality. Congenital, acquired, infectious and inflammatory etiologies have been described. Hypertension is the most common presenting symptom. Besides hypertension, lower extremity claudication and mesenteric i...