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Interrupted Aortic Arch
Satinder K. Sandhu1, Timothy W. Pettitt
1Pediatric Cardiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Children's Hospital, 200 Henry Clay Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA. ssandh@lsuhsc.edu
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine
|July 3, 2002
Abstract:
Interruption of the aortic arch is defined as absence of luminal continuity between the ascending and the descending aorta. This is not an isolated defect; it occurs in conjunction with other cardiac defects such as ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. It is a rare malformation. It occurs in about 1% of the patients with congenital heart defects.