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Left Aortic Arch and Right Descending Aorta With Kommerell’s Diverticulum

Authors: Feyza Aysenur Pac, Sarper Okten, İbrahim Ece

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 6/2010

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A left-sided aortic arch with a right-sided descending thoracic aorta is a rare anomaly first reported by Paul [4] in 1948. To our knowledge, only 21 cases have been reported in the literature [1, 3, 5]. This aortic anomaly results from regression of the right aortic arch between the right common carotid artery and the right subclavian artery, with persistence of the distal end of the primitive right dorsal aorta [4]. …

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Title: Left Aortic Arch and Right Descending Aorta With Kommerell’s Diverticulum
Authors: Feyza Aysenur Pac
Sarper Okten
İbrahim Ece
Publication date: 01-08-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9746-1

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