Double aortic arch with patent ductus arteriosus in a premature infant: an unusual vascular malformation.
We recently encountered a premature infant with a very unusual form of vascular ring consisting of a double aortic arch with atretic left segment and patent ductus arteriosus. The initial presentation was that of patent ductus arteriosus with left-to-right shunting, but conventional surgical therapy was complicated by the abnormal aortic arch anatomy.
Gumbiner
C H
CH
Department of Pediatrics, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
Howell
D M
DM
Kingry
R L
RL
Prager
R E
RE