Tetralogy of fallot with right aortic arch and isolation of the left innominate artery from a left-sided patent ductus arteriosus

Citation
Cr. Mart et al., Tetralogy of fallot with right aortic arch and isolation of the left innominate artery from a left-sided patent ductus arteriosus, PEDIAT CARD, 22(1), 2001, pp. 58-59
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01720643 → ACNP
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
58 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-0643(200101/02)22:1<58:TOFWRA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Isolation of the left innominate artery arising from the ductus arteriosus is a rare clinical entity with only nine cases being reported in the litera ture [5, 7, 8]. We describe a case consisting of tetralogy of Fallot, right aortic arch, and isolation of the left innominate artery arising from a le ft-sided ductus arteriosus which, to the best of our knowledge, has not bee n previously reported. The embryology of the aortic arch anomaly is reviewe d.