babies with interrupted aortic arch syndrome

Am J Cardiol 79(8):1147–1148Ĭonley ME, Beckwith JB, Mancer JF, Tenckhoff L (1979) The spectrum of the DiGeorge syndrome. Powell CB, Stone FM, Atkins DL, Watson DG, Moller JH (1997) Operative mortality and frequency of coexistent anomalies in interruption of the aortic arch. Lancet 1(7899):140–142įyler DC, Buckley LP, Hellenbrand WE, Cohn HE (1980) Report of the New England Regional Infant Cardiac Program. Am J Roentgenol Radium Therapy, Nucl Med 114(2):362–370Įlliott RB, Starling MB, Neutze JM (1975) Medical manipulation of the ductus arteriosus. Gokcebay TM, Batillas J, Pinck RL (1972) Complete interruption of the aorta at the arch. Weisman D, Kesten HD (1948) Absence of transverse aortic arch with defects of cardiac septums report of a case simulating acute abdominal disease in a newborn infant. Steidele RJ (1778) Samml Chir u Med Beob (Vienna) 2:114 Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.However, IAA remains a surgical challenge, in the acute outcomes and in the late recurrent aortic arch or left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The operative repair results have improved significantly in the last two decades. The surgical treatment has evolved from a staged approach to a primary surgical repair. The management was greatly improved with the introduction of prostaglandin E1, which allowed for preoperative stabilization. IAA is fatal in the neonatal period, if left untreated. IAA often has a genetic basis and usually occurs in association with other anomalies, especially ventricular septal defect.

The location of this interruption is the basis for a widely accepted classification in three types. It consists of a discontinuity between two segments of the aortic arch. Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a rare congenital heart disease.

Babies with interrupted aortic arch syndrome