A rare anomaly of the aortic arch complex.
A six-month-old girl presented with heart failure. Cardiac catheterisation showed a ventricular septal defect and an anomaly of the aortic arch complex, which is a challenge to embryologic theory.
Maurus
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Groby Road Hospital, Leicester, U.K.
Firmin
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Leanage
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant