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Double aortic arch: postnatal obliteration of the left aortic arch. Is arterial duct closure responsible?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2013

David Rose ,
Riccardo D'Ascoli ,
Flavia Ventriglia  and
Fabio Miraldi
David Rose*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiocirculatory Pathophysiology, Anesthesiology, and General Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Riccardo D'Ascoli
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiocirculatory Pathophysiology, Anesthesiology, and General Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Flavia Ventriglia
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Fabio Miraldi
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiocirculatory Pathophysiology, Anesthesiology, and General Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
*
Correspondence to: D. Rose, Department of Cardiocirculatory Pathophysiology, Anesthesiology, and General Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy. Tel: +00 393 207 260 389; Fax: +00 390 649 977 2599; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We present a case of double aortic arch with a predominant right and a double arterial duct detected by echocardiogram in a 28-week gestation foetus. The first evaluation revealed that both arches were perfused; the 1-month postnatal echocardiogram showed the closure of both arterial ducts and the partial obliteration of the left aortic arch between the left subclavian artery and the dorsal aorta. In our case, the postnatal obliteration of the left arch in a double aortic arch was probably due to the closure of the left-sided arterial duct.

Keywords

Double aortic archarterial ductvascular ring
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 534 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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