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Double Aortic Arch [PDF]

Circulation, 2000
A7-year-old girl presented with severe dyspnea and pneumonia, which required endotracheal intubation, mechanical ventilation, and intravenous antibiotics. She had a history of several severe airway infections with inspiratory stridor. After she recovered, a bronchoscopy and an esophagogram (Figure 1⇓) were performed to screen for a vascular ring.
Konrad Brockmeier, Sueha Demirakca, Roland Metzner, Frank Floemer   +3 more
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Right aortic arch with mirror image branching pattern and isolated left brachiocephalic artery: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
We present a very rare case of right aortic arch with an isolated left brachiocephalic artery in a 35-year-old female. This entity is an extremely uncommon aortic arch anomaly which has associated multisystem symptoms. We briefly discuss the hypothetical
Ayman Nada, MD, PhD, Joseph P. Cousins, PhD, MD, Humera Ahsan, MD, Jeffrey R. Kunin, MD   +3 more
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Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND : Aortic-root dissection is the leading cause of death in Marfan's syndrome. Studies suggest that with regard to slowing aortic-root enlargement, losartan may be more effective than beta-blockers, the current standard therapy in most centers.
Atz, A.M., Backer, J. de, Benson, D.W., Bradley, T.J., Braverman, A.C., Chen, S., Colan, S.D., Dietz, H.C., et al., Gelb, B.D., Grossfeld, P.D., Klein, G.L., Lacro, R.V., Lai, W.W., Levine, J.C., Liou, A., Loeys, B.L., Mahony, L., Markham, L.W., Olson, A.K., Paridon, S.M., Pearson, G.D., Pemberton, V.L., Pierpont, M.E., Pyeritz, R.E., Radojewski, E., Roman, M.J., Sharkey, A.M., Sleeper, L.A., Stylianou, M.P., Tierney, E.S., Wechsler, S.B., Yetman, A.T., Young, L.T.   +33 more
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A rare case of symptomatic vascular ring

Radiology Case Reports, 2023
In this paper, we describe a rare case of double aortic arch with dominant right arch with focal narrowing of the distal left arch and descendent aorta's dilatation, associated with pulmonary embolism and left subclavian steal syndrome, found in a 59 ...
Marcello Chiocchi, PhD, Mario Laudazi, MD, Paola Leomanni, MD, Lucia Giudice, MD, Matteo Madonna, MD, Francesco Garaci, PhD, Roberto Floris, PhD   +6 more
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Endothelium in the pharyngeal arches 3, 4 and 6 is derived from the second heart field. [PDF]

, 2017
Oxygenated blood from the heart is directed into the systemic circulation through the aortic arch arteries (AAAs). The AAAs arise by remodeling of three symmetrical pairs of pharyngeal arch arteries (PAAs), which connect the heart with the paired dorsal ...
Astrof, Sophie, Chen, Dongying, Chen, Kelley, Jubran, Ali, Ramirez, AnnJosette, Wang, Xia   +5 more
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Npp1 promotes atherosclerosis in ApoE knockout mice. [PDF]

, 2011
Ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (NPP1) generates inorganic pyrophosphate (PP(i)), a physiologic inhibitor of hydroxyapatite deposition.
Nitschke, Yvonne, Rutsch, Frank, Terkeltaub, Robert, Weissen-Plenz, Gabriele   +3 more
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Site-Specific Effects of PECAM-1 on Atherosclerosis in LDL Receptor-Deficient Mice [PDF]

, 2008
Objective—Atherosclerosis is a vascular disease that involves lesion formation at sites of disturbed flow under the influence of genetic and environmental factors.
Arora, Shikha, Boylan, Brian, Fleming, Barbara, Fleming, Rose Ann, Goel, Reema, Mirura, Hiroto, Molthen, Robert C., Newman, Debra K., Newman, Peter J., Schrank, Benjamin R.   +9 more
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A rare association with patent ductus arteriosus

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2012
Persistent fifth aortic arch (PFAA), also known as congenital double-lumen aortic arch, is a rare developmental anomaly of the aortic arch. A 5-month-old baby who presented with congestive cardiac failure was diagnosed to have a large patent ductus ...
Dhanya Warrier, Sejal Shah, Colin John, L Dayananda   +3 more
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3D printing is a transformative technology in congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2018
Survival in congenital heart disease has steadily improved since 1938, when Dr. Robert Gross successfully ligated for the first time a patent ductus arteriosus in a 7-year-old child.
Anwar, Anwar, Barach, Bernhard, Bhatla, Biglino, Biglino, Binder, Boneva, Borrello, Botto, Brown, Bucher, Byrne, Chaowu, Conti, Costello, Dearani, Deferm, Duan, Duan, Erikssen, Fan, Farooqi, Farooqi, Farooqi, Fleming, Fukunishi, Garekar, Gaynor, Gentles, Giamberti, Giannopoulos, Giroud, Gosnell, Grant, Green, Hadeed, Hermsen, Hoffman, Holst, Holst, Hu, Jacobs, Jana, Javan, Jonas, Kappetein, Kapur, Khairy, Kiraly, Kirklin, Kolli, Kotsis, Kung, Lee, Lee, Little, Lloyd-Jones, Mahle, Mahmood, Mannoor, Maragiannis, Markert, Markstedt, Mashari, Meier, Michael, Mitsouras, Moons, Moore, Morrison, Muraru, Ngan, Noecker, Olivieri, Olivieri, O’Brien, O’Neill, Pentecost, Poterucha, Randazzo, Rehder, Riesenkampff, Ripley, Rodriguez-Paz, Ryan, Saeed, Samuel, Santos dos, Schievano, Schmauss, Shah, Smith, Sodian, Sodian, Sutcliffe, Tabriz, Tack, Taylor, Valverde, VanKoevering, Vukicevic, Vukicevic, Vukicevic, Wang, Wang, Warnes, Warnes, Warnes, Whitlock, Wilasrusmee, Williams, Witschey, Yoo, Yoo, Zopf, Zweifel   +117 more
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Research Models for Studying Vascular Calcification [PDF]

, 2020
Calcification of the vessel wall contributes to high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Vascular calcification (VC) is a systemic disease with multifaceted contributing and inhibiting factors in an actively regulated process.
Babic, Milen, Giet, Markus van der, Herrmann, Jaqueline, Schuchardt, Mirjam, Tölle, Markus   +4 more
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