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Type B aortic interruption in an adult

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A 19-year-old male presented with mild to moderate hypertension and differential cyanosis. Transthoracic echocardiography and multi-slice computed tomography revealed type B aortic interruption along with various congenital cardiac defects including patent ductus arteriosus with bidirectional shunt, perimembranous ventricular septal defect with left-to-right shunt, bicuspid aortic valve, and severe pulmonary hypertension.

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Image procession was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81300232).

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  1. Department of Echocardiography, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Yongshi Wang, Lili Dong, Cuizhen Pan & Xianhong Shu

  2. Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Xue Yang

  3. Shanghai Institute of Medical Imaging, Shanghai, 200032, China

    Yongshi Wang, Xue Yang, Lili Dong, Cuizhen Pan & Xianhong Shu

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Video. 1 Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated patent ductus arteriosus with bidirectional but dominantly right-to-left shunt

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Wang, Y., Yang, X., Dong, L. et al. Type B aortic interruption in an adult. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 30, 459–460 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-013-0336-1

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