A collegiate freshman golfer was hypertensive at her preparticipation physical exam (PPE). Further investigation revealed coarctation of the aorta with secondary hypertension that had been asymptomatic. The PPE is a good forum for hypertensive screening because it may be one of the few times an apparently healthy adolescent is seen by any physician. This case emphasizes the need to screen for silent hypertension and discern its cause in adolescents.
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Medicine (Baltimore)
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Second Hospital of the Air Force Medical University, Xi 'an, China.
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Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Acta Parasitol
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State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830000, China.
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Division of Haematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary.
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