title: Persistent fifth aortic arch with interrupted aortic arch.
abstract: Persistent fifth aortic arch (PFAA) is one of the rarest congenital anomalies. We report a seven-month-old male with PFAA with upper arch interruption and lower arch coarctation diagnosed by echocardiogram and multidetector computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiujie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Lianyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qingyu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tong
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018376:Cardiovascular Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography