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Double aortic arch in d-transposition of the great arteries complicated by tracheobronchomalacia

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Simultaneous occurrence of d-transposition of the great arteries and aortic arch malformations is very rare. A case of this malformation, the fourth case reported in the literature, is described. Despite successful surgery, tracheobronchomalacia was fatal at the age of 7 months

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  1. Clinic for Imaging Methods, University Hospital Motol, CZ-150, 18 Prague, Czech Republic

    Stanislav Tůma M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Center of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Motol, CZ-150, 18 Prague, Czech Republic

    Zdeněk Slavík, Petr Tax, Bohumil Hučin & Jan Škovránek

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Tůma, S., Slavík, Z., Tax, P. et al. Double aortic arch in d-transposition of the great arteries complicated by tracheobronchomalacia. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 18, 115–117 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02807235

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