title: Left cervical aortic arch associated with multiple vascular anomalies.
abstract: Cervical aortic arch is a rare anomaly occasionally associated with other cardiovascular abnormalities. We present a case of tortuous left cervical aortic arch associated with hypoplastic transverse arch, coarctation of the aorta, and right brachiocephalic arteries arising below the coarctation and stenotic origin of the left subclavian artery. These multiple anatomic anomalies, which are associated in our case, have not been described in a single patient previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology of the Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São Jośe do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. jljacob@cardiol.br
authors.forename: José Luiz Balthazar
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jacob
mesh_terms: D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009333:Neck