Double Aortic Arch with Coarctation of Aorta in an Adolescent: Unraveling the Vascular Ring

Aorta (Stamford). 2020 Dec;8(6):169-171. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1721746. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Abstract

We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with balanced double aortic arch with coarctation of the aorta presenting with symptoms of respiratory and swallowing difficulty. On investigation, the patient had a double aortic arch with coarctation and clinically nonsignificant disease in the infrarenal aorta. Division of the nondominant aortic arch was done through a left thoracotomy, along with resection of the coarctation segment and placement of an interposition Dacron tube graft.

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