Pulmonary blood supply by a branch from the distal ascending aorta in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect: differential diagnosis of fifth aortic arch

S J Yoo; C A Moes; P E Burrows; S Molossi; R M Freedom

doi:10.1007/BF00795377

Pulmonary blood supply by a branch from the distal ascending aorta in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect: differential diagnosis of fifth aortic arch

Pediatr Cardiol. 1993 Oct;14(4):230-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00795377.

Authors

S J Yoo¹, C A Moes, P E Burrows, S Molossi, R M Freedom

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 8255798
DOI: 10.1007/BF00795377

Abstract

A patient with pulmonary atresia and a ventricular septal defect is described in whom an arterial branch from the distal ascending aorta supplied segments of both lungs. The branch is considered to represent a persistent fifth aortic arch. The possible morphogenesis and differential diagnosis of a communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aorta / abnormalities*
Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
Aortic Diseases / congenital*
Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Aortography
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / congenital*
Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging
Cardiac Catheterization
Diagnosis, Differential
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / pathology*
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Valve / abnormalities*