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Persistent fifth aortic arch with coarctation of the aorta

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A case of persistence of both the left fourth and fifth aortic arches is described in which both left arches were narrowed resulting in coarctation. Correction was accomplished surgically.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    M. H. Reed

  2. Department of Radiology, Universities of British Columbia and Manitoba, Canada

    M. H. Reed

  3. Department of Radiology, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak St., V6H3V4, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

    J. A. Gordon Culham M.D.

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Culham, J.A.G., Reed, M.H. Persistent fifth aortic arch with coarctation of the aorta. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 8, 137–139 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552879

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