Reversal of left carotid arterial flow as a sign of type C interruption of the aortic arch.
While performing neurosonography on an 8-day-old baby boy, we noted antegrade flow in the right carotid and basilar arteries but retrograde flow in the left carotid artery. The child was diagnosed as having a severe cardiac malformation and associated interruption of the aortic arch on echocardiography. Our finding is explained by the site of interruption-between the innominate and left carotid arteries, or type C interruption.
Thomson
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Department of Radiology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
Teele
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography