Asymptomatic double aortic arch in an adult

A 52-year-old male with a history of aortic ectasia was referred to a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest. The frontal scout image showed a right aortic arch with slight leftward displacement of the trachea (figure 1).A CTangiography of the aorta demonstrated a double aortic arch (DAA) with a...

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Main Authors: Felipe Soares Torres, Marcela Alcantara, Carol Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2014-06-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
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Online Access:http://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/46413