All issues > Volume 33(11); 1990

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(11):1579-1585. Published online November 30, 1990.

A Case of Interrupted Aortic Arch.

Yeong Sook Kang¹, Sun Hee Jung¹, Tae Chan Kwon¹, Chin Moo Kang¹, Seok Kil Zeon², Kwang Sook Lee³, Yeong Sun Yoo³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea
²Department of Radiology, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea
³Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University, School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea

Received: June 16, 1990;  Accepted: August 30, 1990.

Abstract

Interrupted aortic arch is a congenital anomaly in which discontinuity is present between ascending and descending aorta, and is associated frequently with ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Authors experienced a case of interrupted aortic arch in a 4 year old boy associated with a ventriculalr septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus. Diagnostic confirmation was made by 2-D echocardiography, cardiac cathetrization and angiogra- phy. Direct closure of ventricular septal defect, ligation of patent ductus arteriosus and side-to-end anastomosis of left subclavian artery to descending aorta were performed surgically.

Keywords :Interrupted Aortic Arch