Bovine aortic arch

Bovine aortic arch.

I knew that the congenital variation of the human aortic arch, with the left common carotid artery originating from the innominate artery, has nothing to do with the anatomy of the bovine arch; however, it was very useful of Layton et al to point out the discordance of the anatomic terminology. The weakness of the article, though, is that the authors did not trace who introduced and coined the ...

Aortic Arch Thrombosis Mimicking Interrupted Aortic Arch

We report a case of a 32-week-gestation male who presented initially with symptoms suggestive of an interrupted aortic arch. The absence of a VSD prompted further investigations, including a CT angiogram, which revealed that he had an extensive thrombus in his aorta. He underwent a successful aortic thrombectomy with arch repair on cardiopulmonary bypass support. In view of the extensive thromb...

Bovine arch

Bovine aortic arch refers to the most common variant of aortic arch branching in humans. This configuration can be found in approximately 27% of the population and can be further divided into 2 subtypes. In the less usual subtype (7%, Figure 1 – panel A), the innominate artery (usually 1-2.5 cm long) trifurcates into the left common carotid artery, the right common carotid artery and the right ...

Double aortic arch with hypoplastic right aortic arch and type C atresia of left aortic arch.

We report the case of a 2-month-old baby with a double aortic arch, type C atresia of the left arch and severe hypoplasia of the right aortic arch between the right carotid and subclavian arteries, resulting in systemic obstruction, left ventricular dysfunction and congestive heart failure. Surgical augmentation of the right aortic arch ameliorated the obstruction with improvement in left ventr...

Bovine Aortic Arch: A Marker For The Development And Progression Of Thoracic Aortic Disease