Interrupted Aortic Arch in an Asymptomatic Adult

Isolated interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital cardiac disorder believed at one time to be incompatible with life once the ductus arteriosus closed. To our knowledge, only 12 cases have been reported in the literature and mostly in children. The diagnosis was made in all of them by catheteriz...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chest 1989-09, Vol.96 (3), p.678-679
Hauptverfasser: Wong, Cheuk-Kit, Cheng, Chun-Ho, Lau, Chu-Fak, Leung, Wing-Hung, Chan, Fu-Luk
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Zusammenfassung:Isolated interrupted aortic arch is a rare congenital cardiac disorder believed at one time to be incompatible with life once the ductus arteriosus closed. To our knowledge, only 12 cases have been reported in the literature and mostly in children. The diagnosis was made in all of them by catheterization. We report the first adult patient with an asymptomatic interrupted aortic arch diagnosed by computed tomography.
ISSN:0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI:10.1378/chest.96.3.678