Double aortic arch

Double aortic arch
Definition
Double aortic arch is an abnormal formation of the aorta, the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It is a congenital problem, which means that it is present at birth.

Double aortic arch
Alternate Names : Aortic arch anomaly, Double arch
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Double Aortic Arch -- Child
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Double Aortic Arch -- Child
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Double aortic arch is a type of vascular ring heart defect. In a normal heart, the blood flows in from the body to the right atrium, goes into the right ventricle, and then goes to the lungs to pick up fresh oxygen.

Double aortic arch is very rare. Vascular rings make up just a few of all congenital heart problems. Of these, a little more than half are double aortic arch. The condition occurs just as often in males as in females.
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Double Aortic Arch
Double aortic arch results from persistence of both (right and left dorsal aortae). A functioning double aortic arch forms a vascular ring around the trachea and esophagus, which may cause respiratory obstruction and dysphagia.

aspx"vascular rings are usually caused by double aortic arch, double arch with atretic left anterior segment or right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian Artery: Blood vessel supplying oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood to all body tissues and ...

Pioneering surgery
An operation to divide the vascular ring is the treatment of choice. This kind of surgery was pioneered at Children's Hospital Boston in 1945 with the first successful operation on a child with a double aortic arch.

See also: Vascular ring, Surgery, Stomach, Symptom, Reflux