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DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_273_19
Interrupted aortic arch: A case report
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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.
Keywords
Aneurysm - bicuspid aortic valve - coarctation of the aorta - computed tomography angiogram - interrupted aortic archPublication History
Received: 24 June 2019
Accepted: 21 December 2019
Article published online:
19 July 2021
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