title: Interrupted aortic arch with a right descending aorta and right ductus arteriosus, causing severe right bronchial compression.
abstract: We report here a patient with interrupted aortic arch and a right descending aorta, in whom the surgical management was complicated by the development of right bronchus compression and unilateral emphysema, due to the presence of the right ductus arteriosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Van Hare
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Townsend
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Turley
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004373:Ductus Arteriosus / Q000473:pathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014463:Ultrasonography