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Double-lumen aortic arch by persistence of fifth aortic arch: A new case associated with coarctation
1Centre Chrirugical Marie Lannelongue, Service de Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique, 133 avenue de la Résistance, F-92350 Le Plessis-Robinson, France.
Pediatric Cardiology
|February 13, 1999
Abstract:
A coarctation of aorta with double-lumen aortic arch due to persistence of an embryonic fifth aortic arch was recognized in a 13-day-old girl and successfully repaired using enlargement of the aorta by side-to-side anastomosis of the fourth and fifth aortic arches.