VanDyke C W, White R D
Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
J Thorac Imaging. 1994 Fall;9(4):230-45. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199423000-00004.
Congenital variations in the development of the thoracic aorta are common. Although there is a spectrum of disease in all age groups, arch anomalies that present in childhood and those that present in the adult tend to be of differing types. Imaging of the arch and its branches, the descending aorta, and the ductus arteriosus or ligamentum arteriosum define the morphology of the arch and permit a reasonable prediction of accompanying congenital heart disease and/or vascular ring.
胸主动脉发育的先天性变异很常见。尽管所有年龄组都存在一系列疾病，但儿童期出现的主动脉弓异常和成人期出现的往往是不同类型。对主动脉弓及其分支、降主动脉以及动脉导管或动脉韧带进行成像，可确定主动脉弓的形态，并能合理预测伴随的先天性心脏病和/或血管环。
