Vascular rings with left aortic arch (LAA) branching pattern are very ... including: Associated anomalies such as shunts that affect hemodynamics and interpretation of gradients (PDA, ASD, VSD ...

Aortic arch imaging has been around for many years, both invasively and noninvasively, and although appearing simple at first, there are many pathologies and subtleties that need to be addressed ...

This formed a pool of data from 866 newborns without the diagnoses of major cardiac defects (including aortic arch anomalies) detected either during prenatal period, during the NICU stay or for 1 ...

The survival ranges from 54 to 81%, based on the extent of the anomaly. Highest survival rates are observed in the one-stage repair with augmentation of the aortic arch or ascending aorta.

Indeed, a double aortic arch may be suspected. These findings on the barium esophagram may be sufficiently characteristic to make a diagnosis of this anomaly without further examination ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a serious congenital heart anomaly, often associated with other cardiac abnormalities which make its treatment complex. It is found, in at least one out of four ...