title: Isolated interrupted aortic arch in 42-year-old adult--case report.
abstract: Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by a complete luminal and anatomical interruption between the ascending and descending thoracic aorta. It is usually detected in the perinatal period or during infancy, but a very few cases have been reported in adults. Here, we present the case of a 42-year-old man who visited our hospital for arterial hypertension and in whom IAA was diagnosed with echocardiography and confirmed by computed tomography angiography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun, 130021, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liping
authors.forename: Dipesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hongwei
authors.forename: Rajina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shrestha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents