@article{Hilaly_Sarma_Hussain_2009, title={Upper Body Hypertension with Gross Atherosclerotic Narrowing and Diffuse Calcification of the Descending and Abdominal Aorta}, volume={10}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/JOM/article/view/2014}, DOI={10.3329/jom.v10i3.2014}, abstractNote={<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p>Of the hypertensive patients presenting to the primary care providers, 95-99% have essential hypertension. Remaining 1-5% have an underlying diagnosis.1 Narrowing of the aorta distal to the origin of the arteries to the head, neck & upper limbs causes upper body hypertension. Coarctation of the aorta, a congenital narrowing of the aorta just distal to the insertion of ductus arteriosus, is the major cause of upper body hypertension. Gross atherosclerotic narrowing & diffuse calcification of the descending & abdominal aorta rarely emulates the features of coarctation of the aorta. We report a case of upper body hypertension due to gross atherosclerotic narrowing & diffuse calcification of the descending & abdominal aorta after extensive medline search we have not come across of such reports yet.  </p> <p>doi:10.3329/jom.v10i3.2014  </p> <p>J Medicine 2009; 10 (Supplement 1): 32-35</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Medicine}, author={Hilaly, Shah Mahboob Rashid and Sarma, Apurba Kumar and Hussain, M Zakir}, year={2009}, month={Feb.}, pages={32–35} }