Abstract

ORDONEZ-ORTEGA, Roberth Alexander; BAENA-CALDAS, Gloria Patricia  and  RAMIREZ-CHEYNE, Julián Andrés. Double aortic arch. Report and analysis of a case in a Colombian patient. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2015, vol.63, n.4, pp.733-738. ISSN 0120-0011.  https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v63.n4.48778.

The double aortic arch is a rare congenital cardiovascular malformation, in which two aortic arches form a complete vascular ring that can compress the trachea and/or esophagus. The case of a Colombian patient is presented, who arrived to the emergency room with bronchospasm and laryngeal stridor, inspiratory as well as expiratory. The computed tomography angiography showed a complete double aortic arch. In the analysis of this case the epidemiologic, embryonic, genetic, pathophysiologic and clinical review of this malformation is presented. Finally, how the integral analysis from the basics sciences can guide the diagnostic and therapeutic process is shown.

Keywords : Aortic Arch; Vascular Malformations; Congenital Abnormalities; Dysphagia; Respiratory Sounds.

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