Right cervical aortic arch associated with a ventricular septal defect.
A patient with a right cervical aortic arch and ventricular septal defect is presented. This is the second reported case to have this rare combination of defects and the first to have survived corrective surgery. The x-ray film findings are discussed, and the similarity to the right posterior aortic arch is stressed.
D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn