title: Left-sided aortic arch, right-sided descending aorta, and right-sided arterial duct associated with interruption of the aortic arch and presence of Abbott's artery.
abstract: We describe a male infant, seen at the age of 10 days, with a very rare form of vascular ring. The aortic arch was left-sided, but the aorta descended on the right, with a right-sided persistently patent arterial duct associated with interruption of the aortic arch and presence of Abbott's artery. We performed end-to-side anastomosis of the descending aorta to the ascending aorta, divided the Abbott's artery and the right-sided arterial duct, and banded the pulmonary trunk. Despite our best efforts, the patient died on the eighth day after the surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey. kemalnisli@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Kemal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nisli
authors.forename: Umrah
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Aydogan
authors.forename: Turkan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tansel
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male