Interrupted right aortic arch and origin of the left pulmonary artery from the aorta in DiGeorge syndrome

Authors: Sett S. S.; Sandor G. G. S.; Mawson J. B.

Source: Cardiology in the Young, Volume 11, Number 6, 1 November 2001 , pp. 676-679(4)

Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media

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Abstract:

We describe a neonate with DiGeorge syndrome undergoing diagnosis and successful repair of interrupted right aortic arch and origin of the left pulmonary artery from the aorta. We discuss a link between this lesion and persistence of a left fifth arch.

Keywords: INTERRUPTED RIGHT AORTIC ARCH; HEMITRUNCUS; DIGEORGE

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

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