Clinical case of congenital heart disease: aorta arc break

Abstract

Aortic arch interruption (AAI) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the absence of one of the segments of the aortic arch with a violation of its continuity and the ductus-dependent nature of the blood flow through the descending aorta. In this article, we present a clinical case of AAI in a child born in 2019 and examined at the Perinatal Center of “Republican Hospital №1 - National Medical Center”.

Timely diagnosis of AAI, conservative treatment for preoperative stabilization of the child’s condition allowed positive solving the question of surgical treatment in Novosibirsk cardiac surgery center.