Successful Patent Ductus Arteriosus Transection for a Rare Vascular Ring by Right Aortic Arch with Aberrant Left Innominate Artery in an Extremely Low-Birth Weight Infant

Kumiyo Matsuo; Dai Asada; Takuya Fujisaki; Masayoshi Mori; Yoichiro Ishii; Hisaaki Aoki; Kunihiko Takahashi; Shigemitsu Iwai; Futoshi Kayatani

doi:10.24509/jpccs.22-012

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Successful Patent Ductus Arteriosus Transection for a Rare Vascular Ring by Right Aortic Arch with Aberrant Left Innominate Artery in an Extremely Low-Birth Weight Infant

Kumiyo Matsuo, Dai Asada , Takuya Fujisaki, Masayoshi Mori, Yoichiro Ishii, Hisaaki Aoki, Kunihiko Takahashi, Shigemitsu Iwai, Futoshi Kayatani

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Keywords: right arotic arch, aberrant left innominate artery, extremely low-birth weight infant, vascular ring

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2023 Volume 7 Issue 2 Pages 59-62

DOI https://doi.org/10.24509/jpccs.22-012

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Abstract

A right aortic arch with aberrant left innominate artery is a rare vascular ring. There have been no successful surgical reports of extremely low-birth weight infants with this anomaly. A 1-month-old girl weighing 0.9 kg was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment of a patent ductus arteriosus. Echocardiography and three-dimensional reconstruction of enhanced chest computed tomography indicated right aortic arch with aberrant left innominate artery encircling the esophagus and the trachea. Transection of the duct, but not clipping, was successfully performed, and the postoperative course was uneventful. This report describes the first successful surgical case of an extremely low-birth weight infant with the very rare vascular ring.

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