Innominate artery compression of trachea.
Innominate artery may cross the trachea and cause airway obstruction is a rare cause of vascular obstruction of airway. We describe a child with stridor, inability to extubate in whom the diagnosis was suspected on fluoroscopy and confirmed by angiography. Reimplantation of the innominate artery resulted in excellent results with longterm follow up. Variantions of this condition and modalities for confirmation of diagnosis are discussed.
Sachdev
Manvinder Singh
MS
Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology & Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit*, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Joshi
Raja
R
Kaul
Sushma
S
Kohli
Vikas
V
D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*