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A coarctation of aorta with double-lumen aortic arch due to persistence of an embryonic fifth aortic arch was recognized in a 13-day-old girl and successfully repaired using enlargement of the aorta by side-to-side anastomosis of the fourth and fifth aortic arches.
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Lambert, V., Blaysat, G., Sidi, D. et al. Double-Lumen Aortic Arch by Persistence of Fifth Aortic Arch: A New Case Associated with Coarctation. Pediatr Cardiol 20, 167–169 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900431
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002469900431