Vascular ring due to right aortic arch with mirror-image branching and left ligamentum arteriosus: complete preoperative diagnosis by magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2001

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been increasingly employed in the evaluation of aortic arch abnormalities. We present a rare form of vascular ring, that of a right aortic arch with mirror-image branching and left ligamentum arteriosus, which was clearly defined preoperatively by MRI. The patient subsequently underwent successful surgical division of the vascular ring followed by improvement in respiratory symptoms.

Volume

22

Issue

1

First Page

71

Last Page

73

ISSN

0172-0643

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics

PubMedID

11123135

Department(s)

Department of Pediatrics

Document Type

Article

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