Language
English
Publication Date
9-1-2022
Journal
The Texas Heart Institute Journal
DOI
10.14503/THIJ-20-7415
PMID
36191603
PMCID
PMC9632374
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
10-3-2022
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
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Abstract
Vascular ring is a rare congenital anomaly in which the abnormal origin of the aorta or its branches and pulmonary arteries leads to encircling and compression of the trachea and esophagus. A right aortic arch (RAA) with an aberrant left subclavian artery is one of the most common forms of vascular ring. Here, we report a case of a prenatally diagnosed vascular ring resulting from an RAA with an aberrant left subclavian artery. When the infant was 7 months of age, the development of noisy breathing prompted further evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging that showed an atretic left subclavian artery associated with collateral retrograde flow from the left vertebral artery to the distal portion of the subclavian artery. Our findings indicate that an untreated RAA with an aberrant left subclavian artery may be associated with an increased risk of developing subclavian artery steal syndrome.
Keywords
Vascular ring, right aortic arch, aberrant left subclavian artery, subclavian steal, subclavian steal syndrome
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Daiji Takajo, Jennifer Blake, and Sanjeev Aggarwal, "Subclavian Steal Phenomenon Associated With Vascular Ring in an Infant Who Had a Prenatally Diagnosed Right Aortic Arch With an Atretic Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery" (2022). The Texas Heart Institute Journal. 119.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/texasheartinstituejournal/119