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retroesophageal right subclavian artery

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Retroesophageal right subclavian artery in trisomy 21 (Fetus, 20 (...)

Associations (15599481)

- nonrecurrent right inferior laryngeal nerve
- common origin of the common carotid arteries
- replaced right or left vertebral artery
- coarctation of the aorta
- right-sided thoracic duct
- right-sided aortic arch
- persistent ductus arteriosus (15218630)
- anomalous origin and cervical course of the vertebral artery (15108343)
- arterioesophageal fistula (12704542)
- systemic-pulmonary shunt (7531424)

Complications

- thrombosis ()
- esophageal compression

Etiology (Examples)

- trisomy 21 (14344351, 2530065, 15672034)

See also

- subclavian arteries

- aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA)

- vascular ring