European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on February 26, 2007
European Heart Journal 2007 28(15):1819; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl553
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Double aortic arch and left superior vena cava persistence visualized by 16-row detector multi-slice computed tomography
1 Cardiology Department, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Via Ferrata 4, 27100 Pavia, Italy
2 Radiology Department, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy
* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 (0)382592611; fax:+39 (0)382592099. E-mail address: etraversi@fsm.it
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A 38-year-old woman (F.N.) suffering from dysphagia underwent a gastroduodenoscopy. An external compression of the middle portion of the oesophagus was demonstrated. The patient then underwent a 16-row detector multislice computed tomography