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- Title
Interrupted aortic arch: A case report.
- Authors
Franconeri, Andrea; Ballati, Francesco; Pin, Maurizio; Carone, Luisa; Danesino, Gian; Valentini, Adele
- Abstract
Interrupted aortic arch diagnosed in adult age is a rare entity, with only a few cases published in the literature. Most of them are classified as type A interrupted aortic arch and differential diagnosis is associated with severe chronic coarctation. We present a case of a 52-year-old woman accessed to the emergency department for chest and right upper limb pain that increased in the last days. She underwent a computed tomography angiogram showing interruption of the aortic arch, distal to left subclavian artery origin, large bilateral collateral vessels connecting subclavian arteries to descending aorta with multiple voluminous aneurysms, a bicuspid aortic valve, dilatated tubular segment of ascending thoracic aorta, and a suspected atrial septal defect. A nonsystematic literature review regarding these conditions has been performed.
- Subjects
AORTIC diseases; AORTIC aneurysms; AORTIC coarctation; AORTIC valve; ARM; BLOOD vessels; CHEST pain; COMPUTED tomography; MITRAL valve
- Publication
Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging, 2020, Vol 30, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0971-3026
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijri.IJRI_273_19