A case of surgical treatment of severe high blood pressure in an adult

A 24-year-old man, asymptomatic, was referred for a diagnosis of high blood pressure (190/100 mm Hg). Pulses in the femoral arteries were weak, and the blood pressure was astonishingly low in the inferior limbs (80/40 mm Hg). Transthoracic echocardiography confirmed the findings of the electrocardiogram. There was …