Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Right-Sided Aortic Arch
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NAVIN C. NANDA M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Address for correspondence and reprints: Navin C. Nanda, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SW/S102, Birmingham, AL 35233. Fax: 205–934–6747.Search for more papers by this authorADITYA K. SAMAL M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorSTEVE BAKIR M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED MOURSI M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorABHASH C. THAKUR M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorRAMESH AGGARWAL M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorSATINDER SINGH M.D.
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Cardiopulmonary Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorBENIGNO SOTO M.D.
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Cardiopulmonary Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorROBERT CERFOLIO M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorDAVID C. McGIFFIN M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
NAVIN C. NANDA M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Address for correspondence and reprints: Navin C. Nanda, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SW/S102, Birmingham, AL 35233. Fax: 205–934–6747.Search for more papers by this authorADITYA K. SAMAL M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorSTEVE BAKIR M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorMOHAMMED MOURSI M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorABHASH C. THAKUR M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorRAMESH AGGARWAL M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorSATINDER SINGH M.D.
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Cardiopulmonary Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorBENIGNO SOTO M.D.
Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Cardiopulmonary Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorROBERT CERFOLIO M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorDAVID C. McGIFFIN M.D.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
We present the transesophageal echocardiographic findings in two adult patients with right-sided aortic arch: one without dissection and the other with traumatic aortic injury (dissection). In both patients, the branching pattern was the left common carotid artery and then the right common carotid artery, followed by the right and left subclavian arteries. The technique for the diagnosis of this anomaly and the identification of adjacent vascular structures using contrast echocardiography is described. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the aortic arch also was performed in both patients.
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