Repair of Coarctation in Right Circumflex Retroesophageal Arch Jinyoung Song, MD, Woong-Han Kim, MD, PhD, Heewoon Kim, MD, Jungkon Koh, MD, Jae Gun Kwak, MD, Ki Bum Kim, MD, Eun Jung Bae, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 1, Pages 307-309 (January 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.050 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative cardiac computed tomographic images. (AA = ascending aorta; DA = descending aorta.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 A diagram of the operation showing division of the vascular ring and reconstruction of the neo-left aortic arch. (LCCA = left common carotid artery; LSCA = left subclavian artery; RCCA = right common carotid artery; RSCA = right subclavian artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Preoperative (A) and postoperative (B) photographs showing the anastomosed and newly reconstructed left aortic arch (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Postoperative cardiac computed tomographic images demonstrating that a good pathway was achieved from the ascending to the descending aorta by direct anastomosis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 307-309DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions