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A Rare Case Of Vascular Ring And Coarctation Of The Aorta In Association With Charge Syndrome., Jonathan B. Wagner, Joshua Q. Knowlton, Peter Pastuszko, Sanket Shah
A Rare Case Of Vascular Ring And Coarctation Of The Aorta In Association With Charge Syndrome., Jonathan B. Wagner, Joshua Q. Knowlton, Peter Pastuszko, Sanket Shah
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A male neonate presented with CHARGE syndrome, a multiorgan genetic disorder involving the Coloboma of the eyes, congenital Heart defects, nasal choanal Atresia, growth and development Retardation, Genitourinary disorders, and Ear anomalies and deafness. Moreover, he had a rare case of vascular ring-consisting of a right aortic arch with retroesophageal brachiocephalic artery-combined with coarctation of the mid-aortic arch. He underwent both vascular ring and aortic arch repair at our institution. To our knowledge, this is the 4th documented case of this exceedingly rare type of aortic arch anomaly combined with aortic arch obstruction. Moreover, it is the first confirmed case …