@Article{Haponiuk2013,
journal="Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej",
issn="1734-9338",
volume="9",
number="2",
year="2013",
title="Special paperReconstruction of the left-sided brachiocephalic trunk after vascular ring operation in left-handed child with Kommerell’s diverticulum",
abstract="We report a case of a 2-year-old girl with prenatal diagnosis of vascular ring composed of a right-sided aortic arch, a left ligamentum arteriosum, and a left subclavian artery (arteria lusoria sin) originating from a retroesophageal Kommerell’s diverticulum, who was referred for surgery with symptoms related to local compression – severe dysphagia and respiratory disorders. Through the left posterolateral thoracotomy, a ligamentum arteriosum between the Kommerell’s diverticulum and the left pulmonary artery was divided and because of left-handedness of the child a brachiocephalic trunk was reconstructed in the fashion of anastomosis of the left subclavian artery and the left common carotid artery, originating from the ascending aorta.",
author="Haponiuk, Ireneusz
and Paczkowski, Konrad
and Chojnicki, Maciej
and Jaworski, Radosław
and Steffens, Mariusz
and Szofer-Sendrowska, Aneta
and Kwaśniak, Ewelina
and Zieliński, Jacek
and Gierat-Haponiuk, Katarzyna",
pages="146--149",
doi="10.5114/pwki.2013.35449",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pwki.2013.35449"
}