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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:729-731
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

A vascular ring: right aortic arch and descending aorta with left ductus arteriosus

Jae Jin Han, MDa, Sejung Sohn, MDa, Hae Soon Kim, MDa, Tae Hee Won, MDa, Jae Ho Ahn, MDa

a Departments of Cardiac Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

Accepted for publication April 15, 2000.

Address reprint requests to Dr Han, Department of Thoracic-Cardiovascular Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, 911-1, Mokdong, Yangcheongu, Seoul, 158-710, Korea
e-mail: jjhan{at}mm.ewha.ac.kr

A case is presented of vascular ring caused by right aortic arch with mirror-image branching and left ductus arteriosus. In this case, the descending aorta was located right of the tracheoesophagus and the left ductus arteriosus connected to the descending aorta far below the arch, producing compression of the esophagus only. Through median sternotomy, the ligation and division of the ductus was performed with concomitant repair of ventricular septal defect.






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