Type B Interrupted Right Aortic Arch: Diagnostic and Surgical Approaches

Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jan;107(1):e41-e43. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.05.098.

Abstract

Interrupted right aortic arch is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly typically associated with other forms of congenital heart disease. We report two cases of interrupted right aortic arch associated with isolated left pulmonary artery and bilateral ductus arteriosus in the first case and with truncus arteriosus in the second case. Computed tomography was complementary to echocardiography in delineating the anatomic details in both cases, informing surgical repair with reconstruction of a left aortic arch in the first case and right arch in the second case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / complications
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Arch Syndromes / surgery*
  • Computed Tomography Angiography*
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / complications
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / surgery*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Tachypnea / etiology
  • Truncus Arteriosus / diagnostic imaging
  • Truncus Arteriosus / surgery*