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Isolated interrupted aortic arch in 42‐year‐old adult—case report
Author(s) -
Liping Chen,
Pradhan Dipesh,
Jing Zhang,
Hongwei Zhou,
Shrestha Rajina
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.21973
Subject(s) - medicine , interrupted aortic arch , aortic arch , thoracic aorta , computed tomography , ascending aorta , aortic arch syndrome , aorta , radiology , angiography , descending aorta , cardiology , surgery
Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a complete luminal and anatomical interruption between the ascending and descending thoracic aorta. It is usually detected in the perinatal period or during infancy, but a very few cases have been reported in adults. Here, we present the case of a 42‐year‐old man who visited our hospital for arterial hypertension and in whom IAA was diagnosed with echocardiography and confirmed by computed tomography angiography. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound , 41:521–523, 2013;