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Left cervical aortic arch with proximal obstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Funda Öztunç ,
Kadir Babaoĝlu  and
Halil Türkoĝlu
Funda Öztunç
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Kadir Babaoĝlu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Halil Türkoĝlu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, American Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Abstract

Cervical aortic arch is a rare congenital anomaly. We present a case of left-sided cervical aortic arch, found in a patient with mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and a regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve. There was atypical obstruction proximally within the arch. The obstructive segment was resected, and corrected by performing an end-to-side anostomosis. Mitral valvoplasty was performed in the same surgical procedure. To the best of our knowledge, a cervical arch has not previously been described with such atypical obstruction, and in association with multiple lesions involving the left heart.

Keywords

Aortic archaortic coarctationmitral regurgitationmitral stenosisaortic regurgitation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 453 - 455
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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