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  • Title: Abdominal coarctation in a hypertensive female collegiate basketball player.
    Author: Sloan B, Simons S, Stromwall A.
    Journal: Br J Sports Med; 2004 Oct; 38(5):E20. PubMed ID: 15388564.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of the preparticipation examination is to identify health conditions that might adversely affect an athlete while participating in sport. Hypertension is the most common. This case report details a female basketball player found to be hypertensive, and complaining of fatigue, at her preparticipation physical examination. Presentation, diagnostics, treatment, and final outcome of coarctation involving the abdominal aorta are summarised.
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