Aortic arch anomalies and vascular rings are significant congenital heart defects that can lead to serious complications, particularly in children. These conditions involve abnormal formations of ...

Aortic arch anomalies and vascular rings are congenital heart defects that can significantly impact a child's health. These conditions involve abnormal formations of the aorta and surrounding ...

In terms of typing, 78 cases (49.7%) of right aortic arch-aberrant left subclavian ... the incidence of combined intracardiac anomalies was greater in the DDA, ADA, and RDA groups than in the LDA ...

Severe truncal valve insufficiency is a poor ­prognostic ­indicator; [11] Other less frequently associated anomalies include: right aortic arch, left superior vena cava, aberrant origin or the ...

An MRI can potentially identify congenital absence of the thyroid gland (2, 8). In a study of 150 patients from the International PHACE Registry, 62 individuals (41%) exhibited cardiac anomalies, ...

Correspondence to Dr Trisha V Vigneswaran, Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, London, UK; Trisha.Vigneswaran{at}gstt.nhs.uk Background A double ...

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Background Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are clinically vulnerable to cardiac deteriorations and intercurrent ...

Open operation by means of extracorporeal circulation has been used on 47 patients with congenital aortic stenosis at the Mayo Clinic between April 1955 and July 1, 1960; 33 patients had valvular ...

The surveillance of congenital anomalies serves two main purposes: to facilitate the identification of teratogenic (malformation causing) exposures and to assess the impact of primary prevention and ...

Spine deformities, impaired mobility of the spine, restricted neck movements and torticollis should raise the suspicion of vertebral anomalies in patients with OAVS. Moreover, congenital heart defects ...

Objectiver: The aim of this study was to determine the clinical outcomes of patients with acute type A aortic dissection comparing proximal aortic repair vs. total arch replacement. Methods: This was ...