Isolated interruption of the aortic arch

Matsumoto, M.; Okamoto, Y.; Konishi, Y.; Nomoto, S.; Okabayashi, H.; Soneda, J.; Fujiwara, Y.; Nishimura, K.; Yamada, T.; Ban, T.

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 29(5): 574-576

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509
PMID: 2972728
Document Number: 324800
We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with interruption of the aortic arch without a patent ductus arteriosus or intracardiac shunts. The anomaly was successfully corrected with the use of a 14 mm Dacron prosthetic graft to bypass the interrupted segment. The postoperative course was uneventful.

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