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Figure 1 A caudally angled antero-posterior projection best profiles the region of coarctation in patients after Norwood. Note that the narrowest region of the arch is approximately 4 mm in diameter, compared with the diameter of the lumen of the descending aorta at the level of diaphragm, measuring 11 mm.