Abstract
Objective: Demonstrate the complexity of echocardiographic diagnosis of a rare pathology: abnormal separation of the brachiocephalic vessel from the pulmonary artery.
Material and methods. The study included 8 patients with abnormal separation of the brachiocephalic artery from the pulmonary artery. The age of the patients ranged from 18 days to 1 year and 6 months. The ratio of female to male was 6:2. Echocardiography was performed according to the standard Protocol for all patients. Multispiral computed tomography (MSCT) of the heart was performed n=6, angiocardiography (ACG) study with catheterization of the heart cavities n = 4.
Results. Abnormal divergence of the brachiocephalic vessel from the pulmonary artery was an accidental finding when performing MSCT and ACG.
Conclusion.In the presented group of patients with complex congenital heart diseases (CHD), echocardiography did not reveal an abnormal separation of the brachiocephalic artery from the pulmonary artery. This rare congenital anomaly was discovered accidentally during diagnostic ACG and/or MSCT for major CHD.
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About the authors
- Ol’ga E. Zakharova, Junior Researcher, ORCID
- Viktoriya V. Plakhova, Dr. Med. Sc., Ultrasonic Diagnostics Physician, ORCID
- Irina Yu. Baryshnikova, Cand. Med. Sc., Researcher, ORCID
