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A Pipeline to Characterize Structural Heart Defects in the Fetal Mouse
Published on: December 16, 2022
Confusion from prenatal diagnosis: Type C persistent fifth aortic arch or right-side ductus arteriosus
Tian-Gang Li1,2, Jiao Zheng3, Bin Ma1,2
1Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, Gansu Provincial Maternity and Child-care Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, PR China.
Abstract:
We described a case of a double aortic arch (DAA) with a subaortic left brachiocephalic vein (LBCV) and right-side ductus arteriosus using high-definition (HD) flow render mode and spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC). We experienced uncertainty regarding this interesting case despite the diagnosis of right-sided ductus arteriosus. The ductus arteriosus originates from the right pulmonary artery (PA) and converges into the descending aorta (DAO), whereas the vessel originated from the PA and converged into the ascending aorta (AAO). Therefore, we assumed that the vessel connecting the PA to AAO may be a type-C persistent fifth aortic arch (PFAA).
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