[Patent double aortic arch and congenital mitral insufficiency (author's transl)].
A case of double aortic arch with severe congenital mitral incompetence and mild pulmonary arteries stenosis is described. A possible embriogenetic explanation of the anomaly is discussed in the light of preferential foetal blood flows.
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities
Doppio arco aortico funzionante e insufficienza mitralica congenita