Undiagnosed Double Aortic Arch in an Adult With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot

Double aortic arch, the most common vascular ring, causes a complete ring surrounding the esophagus and trachea that leads to compressive symptoms. This report describes a young woman with a history of totally corrected tetralogy of Fallot who was a candidate for pulmonic valve replacement. A double...

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Autores principales: Sadeghpour, Anita, Khansari, Nakisa, Pakbaz, Marziyeh, Rezaei Kalantari, Kiara, Pouraliakbar, Hamidreza, Gholampour Dehaki, Maziar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Congenital Mini-Focus Issue
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8288576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.08.022
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Sumario:Double aortic arch, the most common vascular ring, causes a complete ring surrounding the esophagus and trachea that leads to compressive symptoms. This report describes a young woman with a history of totally corrected tetralogy of Fallot who was a candidate for pulmonic valve replacement. A double aortic arch was detected incidentally by echocardiography and cardiac computed tomography. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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