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 === Introduction ===
+[[File:Figure 9.png|thumb|right|*Figure 9. Schematic drawing of the anatomy prenatal (left) and postnatal (right) in coarctation of the aorta. In the normal situation (without coarctation) only 10 percent of the fetal cardiac output flows through the descending aorta. Therefore there are no hemodynamic consequences prenatal of coarctation of the aorta. In the postnatal situation, after closure of the ductus arteriosus, around 75% of cardiac output needs to pass the coarctation, leading to obstruction.]]
-Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the thoracic aorta, typically located in the region of the obliterated ductus arteriosum. (figure 9) The relation to the position of the left subclavian artery differs, in most patients the left subclavian artery is located anterior of the coarctation. Aortic coarctation is frequently associated with diffuse hypoplasia of the aortic arch and isthmus.
+Coarctation of the aorta is a narrowing of the thoracic aorta, typically located in the region of the obliterated ductus arteriosum. (Figure 9) The relation to the position of the left subclavian artery differs, in most patients the left subclavian artery is located anterior of the coarctation. Aortic coarctation is frequently associated with diffuse hypoplasia of the aortic arch and isthmus.
 The incidence of coarctation of the aorta is 4 in 10.000 live births, accounting for 5–9% of the children with congenital heart defects, occurring two to five times more frequently in males than females.