title: Lusoria flap for the management of aortic coarctation in an eight-year-old child.
abstract: Anomalous origin of right subclavian artery arising from the descending aorta is known as "arteria lusoria." The diagnosis in asymptomatic children is usually the by-product of other symptomatic-associated anomalies, such as aortic coarctation. We describe a case of an eight-year-old boy with juxtaductal aortic coarctation and rare origin of the arteria lusoria proximal to the aortic coarctation. The anomalous arteria lusoria was used as a flap to repair the aortic coarctation. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported application of lusoria flap in a young child (not newborn) with ductal aortic coarctation.
authors: Department of Congenital Cardiothoracic surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors: Sara C
authors: SC
authors: Arrigoni
authors: Tineke P
authors: TP
authors: Willems
authors: Hubert E
authors: HE
authors: Mungroop
authors: Freek
authors: F
authors: van den Heuvel
authors: Tjark
authors: T
authors: Ebels
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013524:Surgical Flaps
keywords: aortic operation; coarctation; congenital heart surgery; magnetic resonance imaging; vascular ring