Aortic coarctation in a WW1 soldier? Looking back at military medicine during WW1 through a rediscovered case report

Professor Edoardo Maragliano (1849-1940), a distinguished Italian clinician and physician who lived between the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, illustrated a complex cardiovascular case of uncertain interpretation to medical students during the First World War. On the basis of current knowledge, a novel interpretation is proposed to better frame the historically important case.