Silent Double Aortic Arch Found in an Elderly Man
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Silent double aortic arch in an elderly patient.
A 63-year-old woman with COPD presented to our hospital with complaints of breathlessness on exertion, productive cough and weight loss. Chest X-ray showed a bright silhouette extending from the aortic knob in the right paratracheal area on the PA-view and a posterior indentation of the tracheal air column on the lateral view. No other abnormalities were observed. Further work-out consisted of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.106.617274