Management of an elderly patient with respiratory failure due to double aortic arch

Management of an elderly patient with respiratory failure due to double aortic arch

Vascular rings are congenital malformations of the aortic arch. A double aortic arch (DAA), the most common type of vascular ring, results from the failure of the fourth embryonic branchial arch to regress, leading to an ascending aorta that divides into a left and right arch that fuse together to c...

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Main Authors: Changwan Ryu, Jonathan Puchalski, Michael Perkins, Shyoko Honiden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Double aortic arch
Airway stent
Vascular ring
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007115300599

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