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1Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. emile.bacha@cardio.chboston.org
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 27, 2007
Abstract:
An aberrant right subclavian artery can be used in a variety of ways in complex aortic arch reconstructions. Four patients (3 with interrupted aortic arch and 1 with coarctation) in whom this technique was used are presented.
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