title: Right aortic arch, right patent ductus arteriosus, and mirror-image branching of the brachiocephalic vessels.
abstract: Two patients with a right aortic arch, right patent ductus arteriosus, and mirror-image branching of the brachiocephalic vessels are described. The clinical, angiographic, and surgical findings in these two cases are detailed, and a description of the embryologic basis for these anomalies is given.
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male