Mamoru Muraoka, Hazumu Nagata, Yuichiro Hirata, Kiyoshi Uike, Eiko Terashi, Eiji Morihana, Masayuki Ochiai, Yasuyuki Fujita, Kiyoko Kato, Kenichiro Yamamura, Shouichi Ohga
Right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery (RAA/aLSCA) is a rare aortic arch anomaly. The clinical association of aLSCA stenosis with RAA/aLSCA has not yet been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnosis, incidence, management and outcome of aLSCA stenosis in infants with prenatally diagnosed RAA/aLSCA. Ten fetuses who were diagnosed as having RAA/aLSCA in Kyushu University Hospital between January 2011 and December 2014 were enrolled. The maternal and child medical records were reviewed to investigate sex, gestational age at the fetal diagnosis, gestational age and body weight at birth, the findings of computed tomography (CT), Doppler ultrasonography of the vertebral artery and angiography, and the complications and outcomes of aLSCA stenosis...
September 30, 2017: Heart and Vessels