Common arterial trunk associated with double aortic arch

Persistent truncus arteriosus with double aortic arch and mitral stenosis

This report describes a case involving the rare combination of persistent truncus arteriosus type A2, double aortic arch, and mitral stenosis. At the age of 26 days, the patient underwent division of the right-sided aortic arch with tracheal compression and bilateral pulmonary banding. Fontan completion was successfully achieved after separation of the pulmonary artery from the arterial trunk, atrial septostomy, and modified Blalock-Taussig shunt at the age of 7 months and bilateral bidirectional Glenn anastomosis at the age of 1 year and 3 months. At this writing, the patient is doing well 2 years and 6 months after Fontan completion.

Persistent truncus arteriosus with double aortic arch

We report a rare association of persistent truncus arteriosus with double aortic arch in a 34-day old neonate.

Double aortic arch associated with common inlet left ventricle

A double aortic arch is usually an isolated abnormality. We report a case with a previously undescribed combination of double aortic arch and common inlet left ventricle. The patient underwent division of the nondominant right aortic arch and the right ductus arteriosus at 2 months of age following a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. At 3 years of age, extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection was successfully performed via bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.