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Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm After Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair

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An 8-year-old boy developed a large aneurysm of the aortic arch after neonatal complete repair of interrupted aortic arch type B and closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect. To our knowledge, this unusual complication has not been previously reported in the English literature.

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  1. Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637-1470, USA

    Alakananda Ghosh, Amy Liu, Bassem Mora & Brojendra Agarwala

  2. Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637-1470, USA

    Bassem Mora

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Ghosh, A., Liu, A., Mora, B. et al. Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm After Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair. Pediatr Cardiol 31, 1104–1106 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-010-9756-z

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