A break at point A or B, with persistence of the right dorsal aortic root (RDAR), would result in a left aortic arch with either a blind pouch (point A) or a pouch giving origin to a retroesophageal ...

Chest Film, Showing a Soft-Tissue Density (Panel A, Arrowheads), and Computed Tomography of the Chest, Showing a Right-Sided Aortic Arch (Panel B, Arrow) and an Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery (Panel ...

An understanding of the anatomical variations of the aortic arch and its associated arteries is critical in both clinical practice and surgical planning. The aortic arch—responsible for distributing ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a serious congenital heart anomaly, often associated with other cardiac abnormalities which make its treatment complex. It is found, in at least one out of four cases, ...

Kieffer and colleagues reported the largest single-center series with 33 patients treated for a symptomatic or aneurysmal lusorian artery. [8] The authors also reported a classification of anomalies ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) refers to a rare but very serious congenital heart defect in which there is a gap between the ascending and descending segments of the aorta, namely, in the arch of the ...

The left and right internal thoracic artery (LITA and RITA, respectively), a branch of the subclavian artery, is often used for reconstruction of coronary arteries. Long-term results of this treatment ...

A 75-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital because of persistent left-sided thoracic pain with projection to the left arm. [18] After exclusion of acute myocardial infarction or ...