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A rare aortic malformation, the persistence of the fifth aortic arch (PFAA) associated with coarctation of the aorta, is reported in a 3-month-old male infant who underwent an emergency surgical intervention at 10 days of life, to relieve a severe aortic coarctation by pericardial patch technique.
A successful balloon angioplasty was performed 2 months later eliminating a recoarctation. The gradient fell from 77 mmHg to 0, but a definitive surgical intervention for recoarctation was necessary 14 months after angioplasty.
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Da Costa, A.G., Iwahashi, E.R., Atik, E. et al. Persistence of hypoplastic and recoarcted fifth aortic arch associated with type A aortic arch interruption: Surgical and balloon angioplasty results in an infant. Pediatr Cardiol 13, 104–106 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00798215
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