Left Aortic Arch, Right Descending Aorta, and Right Patent Ductus Arteriosus | Zendy

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Left Aortic Arch, Right Descending Aorta, and Right Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Author(s) -

Hoang H. Nguyen,

Elizabeth F. Sheybani,

Peter B. Manning,

Tom Herman,

Shafkat Anwar

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.012916

Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , descending aorta , aortic arch , aorta , cardiothoracic surgery , cardiology , thoracic aorta , surgery

A 14-month-old girl was evaluated for noisy breathing and swallowing. An upper gastrointestinal barium swallow study showed a filling defect of the esophagus at the level of the aortic arch suggestive of a vascular ring (Figures 1 and 2). A chest computed tomography angiogram with 3-dimensional reconstruction (1-mm sections; Movies I and II in the online-only Data Supplement) showed a vascular ring consisting of a left aortic arch, retropharyngeal transverse aorta, aberrant right subclavian artery, right descending aorta, …

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