Isolated persistence of the fifth aortic arch in an infant presenting with congestive heart failure

• Main Authors: Giovanni Meliota (Author), Maristella Lombardi (Author), Pierluigi Zaza (Author), Maria Rosaria Tagliente (Author), Paolo Versacci (Author), Gabriele Scalzo (Author), Ugo Vairo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The persistence of the fifth aortic arch (PFAA) in postnatal life is an extremely rare and controversial cardiovascular malformation. PFAA is defined as an extra-pericardial vessel arising from the ascending aorta proximal to the origin of the brachiocephalic arteries, terminating either in the dors...