title: [A rare cause of dyspnea on exertion].
abstract: Vascular rings are rare anomalies accounting for 1% to 3% of all congenital heart diseases with a similar frequency in both sexes, which can result in a variable degree of extrinsic compression of the trachea and esophagus. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman with symptomatic dyspnea and double aortic arch that caused esophageal tracheal compression. Considering the little impact of the functional vascular anomaly in our case, a conservative approach was adopted with clinical and functional annual follow-up.
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. e U.T.I.P. Pneumologia.
authors.forename: Uberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Maccari
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Cardiovascolare e Neurologico.
authors.forename: Costanza F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Rosini
authors.affiliation: U.O.C. e U.T.I.P. Pneumologia.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scala
authors.affiliation: U.O. Radiodiagnostica, Ospedale San Donato, Arezzo.
authors.forename: Anna Lisa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Magnolfi
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Cardiovascolare e Neurologico.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Felici
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Cardiovascolare e Neurologico.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolognese
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D014463:Ultrasonography