INTERRUPTION OF A LEFT AORTIC-ARCH WITH R IGHT DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA DIAGNOSED IN ADULTHOOD

Authors
CAMILLERI L LEGAULT B BOYER L BAILLY P LUSSON JR DERIBEROLLES C
Citation
L. Camilleri et al., INTERRUPTION OF A LEFT AORTIC-ARCH WITH R IGHT DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA DIAGNOSED IN ADULTHOOD, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 87(5), 1994, pp. 679-681
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
87
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
679 - 681
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1994)87:5<679:IOALAW>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Evaluation of hypertension, in a 30 years old man, revealed an interru ption of a left aortic arch beyond the origin of the left subclavian a rtery, associated with a fight descending thoracic artery. Surgical re storation of the continuity between the ascending aorta and the low de scending aorta was successfully achieved by interposition of a graft. Survival in adulthood without bronchial compression, is explained by t he absence of ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.