Interrupted aortic arch with a right descending aorta and right ductus arteriosus, causing severe right bronchial compression.
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.
Van Hare
G F
GF
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Townsend
S F
SF
Hardy
K
K
Turley
K
K
Silverman
N H
NH
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