title: [Congenital vascular rings in children].
abstract: Two children with symptoms of dysphagia, dyspnoea and chronic pulmonary infections secondary to anomalies of the aortic arch are presented. Diagnostic procedures included oesophagography and aortic arch angiography. These showed a double aortic arch in the first child and an aberrant right subclavian artery in the second one, leading to compression of both trachea and oesophagus. Both children underwent surgery: in the first child the atretic anterior arch and the left ligamentum arteriosum were divided; in the second child the aberrant right subclavian artery was divided at its origin from the descending aorta and connected to the ascending aorta. Follow-up examinations showed a complete recovery of both patients.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Son
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Oort
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Heystraten
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Lacquet
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: Congenitale vaatringen bij kinderen.