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Pediatric Cardiology
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology 7/2010

01-10-2010 | Case Report

Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm After Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair

Authors: Alakananda Ghosh, Amy Liu, Bassem Mora, Brojendra Agarwala

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 7/2010

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Abstract

An 8-year-old boy developed a large aneurysm of the aortic arch after neonatal complete repair of interrupted aortic arch type B and closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect. To our knowledge, this unusual complication has not been previously reported in the English literature.
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Metadata
Title
Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm After Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair
Authors
Alakananda Ghosh
Amy Liu
Bassem Mora
Brojendra Agarwala
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 7/2010
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9756-z

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