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Left cervical aortic arch associated with multiple vascular anomalies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2011

José Luiz Balthazar Jacob
José Luiz Balthazar Jacob*
Affiliation:
Department of Hemodynamic and Interventional Cardiology of the Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São Jośe do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Correspondence to: Dr J. L. Balthazar Jacob, MD, PhD, Rua Castelo D’Água 3030, CEP 15015-210, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Tel: 55 17 32034010; Fax: 55 17 32034000 R 239; E-mail: jljacob@cardiol.br; josejacobliteratura@netsite.com.br
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Abstract

Cervical aortic arch is a rare anomaly occasionally associated with other cardiovascular abnormalities. We present a case of tortuous left cervical aortic arch associated with hypoplastic transverse arch, coarctation of the aorta, and right brachiocephalic arteries arising below the coarctation and stenotic origin of the left subclavian artery. These multiple anatomic anomalies, which are associated in our case, have not been described in a single patient previously.

Keywords

Congenital anomalies of the aortacongenital heart diseasevascular anomalies
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 21 , Issue 6 , 28 October 2011 , pp. 700 - 702
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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