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Left cervical aortic arch with proximal obstruction
Funda Oztunç1, Kadir Babaoĝlu, Halil Türkoglu
1Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. foztunc@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Cervical aortic arch is a rare congenital anomaly. We present a case of left-sided cervical aortic arch, found in a patient with mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and a regurgitant bicuspid aortic valve. There was atypical obstruction proximally within the arch. The obstructive segment was resected, and corrected by performing an end-to-side anostomosis. Mitral valvoplasty was performed in the same surgical procedure. To the best of our knowledge, a cervical arch has not previously been described with such atypical obstruction, and in association with multiple lesions involving the left heart.
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