title: Repair of coarctation in a right-sided circumflex retroesophageal aortic arch.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of a 3-month-old infant with normal cardiac situs and coarctation of the aorta occurring proximal to the right subclavian artery in the presence of a right-sided retroesophageal circumflex aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery. Preoperative evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging and conventional aortography led us to surgically approach this lesion through a right thoracotomy with a successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, USA. twpettitt@aol.com
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Pettitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caspi
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sandhu
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Hixon
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology