HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Personal Folders Download to citation manager Author home page(s): Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi Permission Requests Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Al-Khaldi, A. Articles by Jha, N. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Al-Khaldi, A. Articles by Jha, N. Related Collections Congenital - acyanotic Great vessels

Case reports

Repair of aortic arch atresia with diffuse hypoplasia of the descending thoracic aorta

^a Division of Cardiac Surgery, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
^b Division of Pediatric Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Received 24 September 2007; received in revised form 24 November 2007; accepted 20 December 2007.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: King Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 1252 0088x16783; fax: +966 1252 0088x16700. (Email: khaldiab{at}ngha.med.sa).

We report successful repair of a rare combination of aortic arch atresia and diffuse long-segment hypoplasia of the descending aorta in a 2-month-old infant with PHACES association. Intraoperative findings and surgical techniques are discussed.

Key Words: Aorta • Aortic • Aortic arch • Coarctation