ABSTRACT
We report a six-month-old patient with a double symmetrical aortic arch with tracheal and esophageal obstructive symptoms, who was treated surgically. The diagnostic images consisting of esophagogram, echocardiography and angiography were correlated with an anatomical specimen; the usefulness of the echocardiogram as an initial test is emphasized.
Subject(s)
Aorta, Thoracic/abnormalities , Aortic Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Heart Defects, Congenital/diagnostic imaging , Abnormalities, Multiple/diagnostic imaging , Abnormalities, Multiple/surgery , Aorta, Thoracic/diagnostic imaging , Aorta, Thoracic/surgery , Aortic Diseases/surgery , Cardiac Catheterization , Cardiac Surgical Procedures/methods , Heart Defects, Congenital/surgery , Humans , Infant , Male , Radiography , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Describimos un paciente de 6 meses de edad con doble arco aórtico simétrico y sintomatología obstructiva traqueal y esofágica, tratado quirúrgicamente. Se realizó una correlación entre las imágenes diagnósticas obtenidas con esofagograma, ecococardiografía y angiografía con un espécimen anatómico, dando énfasis a la utilidad del ecocardiograma como estudio inicial.
We report a six-month-old patient with a double symmetrical aortic arch with tracheal and esophageal obstructive symptoms, who was treated surgically. The diagnostic images consisting of esophagogram, echocardiography and angiography were correlated with an anatomical specimen; the usefulness of the echocardiogram as an initial test is emphasized. (Arch Cardiol Mex 2005; 75: 178-181).
