Repair of coarctation in a right-sided circumflex retroesophageal aortic arch.

Pettitt, T W; Caspi, J; Sandhu, S K; Ward, K J; Hixon, R L · Ann Thorac Surg · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe an unusual case of a 3-month-old infant with normal cardiac situs and coarctation of the aorta occurring proximal to the right subclavian artery in the presence of a right-sided retroesophageal circumflex aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery. Preoperative evaluation with magnetic resonance imaging and conventional aortography led us to surgically approach this lesion through a right thoracotomy with a successful outcome.

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