Iranian Heart Journal

Iranian Heart Journal

DYSPHAGIA LUSORIA CAUSED BY AN ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY: VASCULAR RING

Authors
MAZIAR GHOLAMPOUR DEHAKI
GHOLAMREZA OMRANI
ALIREZA ALIZADEH GHAVIDEL
BAHADOR BAHARESTANI
POUR ALIAKBAR HAMIDREZA, POUR ALIAKBAR HAMIDREZA,
MAHMOOD MERAJI
OJJAT MORTEZAEIAN H
M.D. FARIBA ALAEI
SHAHEED RAJAIE CARDIOVASCULAR, MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER, VALI-ASR AVE., MELLAT PARK, TEHRAN, IRAN
Abstract
The most common embryological abnormality of the aortic arch is an aberrant right subclavian artery, which occurs in 0.5% to 1.8% of the population. Normally, this anomaly causes no symptoms, but sometimes it can produce a vascular ring. We had two severely symptomatic children with dysphagia and cough from early infancy. They underwent surgery via left thoracotomy and division of the aberrant right subclavian artery, releasing it from behind the esophagus. The patients had a good postoperative course and tolerated a regular diet without further symptoms of dysphagia
Keywords
VASCULAR RING
DYSPHAGIA LUSORIA
ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 11, Issue 3
Summer 2010
Pages 40-42