Erschienen in:
01.09.2009 | Clinical Correspondence
MRI and contrast enhanced MR angiography in a patient with right aortic arch and aberrant left subclavian artery
verfasst von:
Peter Fries, Günther Schneider, Angelika Lindinger, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, Arno Bücker
Erschienen in:
Clinical Research in Cardiology
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Ausgabe 9/2009
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Excerpt
Congenital malformations of the aortic arch are an important group of pediatric pathologies. Depending on the type of the vascular anomaly, patients may be completely asymptomatic not requiring any therapy or may manifest with hazardous or even life threatening situations such as recurrent pneumonia, respiratory distress or apnea [
1]. Due to the complexity of pathologic anatomy, the clinical symptoms and the resulting therapeutic consequences these malformations require detailed diagnostic imaging. …