A physical assessment of a 28-year-old female patient indicates that her blood pressure in her legs is lower than that in her arms and that her brachial pulse is weaker in her left arm than in her right. In addition, her femoral pulses are weak bilaterally. Which of the following possibilities would her care provider most likelysuspect?

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The differences in blood pressure between the upper and lower extremities combined with weak femoral pulses and unilateral brachial pulse weakness are associated most strongly with coarctation of the aorta.

A Physical Assessment of a 28-Year-Old Female Patient Indicates That