title: Left cervical aortic arch associated with pseudocoarctation and aortic and mitral regurgitation: one-stage surgical repair.
abstract: Cervical aortic arch is rare with a prevalence of less than 1/10000 live births (Pediatr Cardiol 10 (1989) 205); but may occur with other cardiovascular congenital abnormalities. We report pseudocoarctation of a left-sided cervical aortic arch with an aberrant right subclavian artery and aortic and mitral regurgitation, corrected by an anterior mediastinal shunt from ascending to descending aorta and aortic and mitral valve replacements, as a one-stage procedure.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, M13 9WL, Manchester, UK. peter@meem.demon.co.uk
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Woolfson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cotter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*