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Interrupted aortic arch with a right descending aorta and right ductus arteriosus, causing severe right bronchial compression

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We report here a patient with interrupted aortic arch and a right descending aorta, in whom the surgical management was complicated by the development of right bronchus compression and unilateral emphysema, due to the presence of the right ductus arteriosus.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

    George F. Van Hare & Norman H. Silverman

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

    Karen Hardy

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

    Susan F. Townsend

  4. Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA

    Kevin Turley

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Van Hare, G.F., Townsend, S.F., Hardy, K. et al. Interrupted aortic arch with a right descending aorta and right ductus arteriosus, causing severe right bronchial compression. Pediatr Cardiol 9, 171–174 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02080560

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