A nurse is assessing an infant who has coarctation of the aorta. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select All that Apply.)

Rationale: A. Severe cyanosis is more commonly associated with defects that cause mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, such as transposition of the great arteries, not coarctation of the aorta. B. Low blood pressure in the lower extremities is expected due to obstruction of blood flow past the narrowed aortic segment. C. Clubbing of the fingers is associated with chronic hypoxemia, not typically seen in coarctation of the aorta. D. Cool skin of the lower extremities results from decreased blood flow beyond the point of narrowing. E. Weak or absent femoral pulses are a hallmark finding in coarctation of the aorta because of poor perfusion distal to the defect.