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[Tracheal compression by the innominate artery. Angiographic investigations (author's transl)]. 1978

C Döhlemann, and K Mantel, and T Dusch, and K Bühlmeyer

Angiocardiograms in 11 infants without anatomical abnormalities of the heart and the great arteries were compared with angiocardiograms in 17 patients with tracheal compression caused by the innominate artery. The direction of the left ventricular outlet, the course of the aortic arch, the innominate artery and the right common carotid artery were studied with regard to the position of the trachea and the vertebral bodies. Course and origin of the innominate artery depends on the direction of the left ventricular outflow. The influence of haemodynamic factors in the formation of the aortic arch system is discussed. The innominate artery, which is arched in early infancy, straightens due to the descending heart and the growth of the infant. Its topographic relation to the trachea changes with age. In view of these developmental changes it is unlikely, that an aberrant origin of the innominate artery accounts for the tracheal compression.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D011312	Pressure	A type of stress exerted uniformly in all directions. Its measure is the force exerted per unit area. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Pressures
D011859	Radiography	Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film).	Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000013	Congenital Abnormalities	Malformations of organs or body parts during development in utero.	Birth Defects,Congenital Defects,Deformities,Fetal Anomalies,Fetal Malformations,Abnormalities, Congenital,Defects, Congenital,Abnormality, Congenital,Anomaly, Fetal,Birth Defect,Congenital Abnormality,Congenital Defect,Defect, Birth,Defect, Congenital,Deformity,Fetal Anomaly,Fetal Malformation,Malformation, Fetal
D014135	Tracheal Stenosis	A pathological narrowing of the TRACHEA.	Stenoses, Tracheal,Stenosis, Tracheal,Tracheal Stenoses
D016122	Brachiocephalic Trunk	The first and largest artery branching from the aortic arch. It distributes blood to the right side of the head and neck and to the right arm.	Innominate Artery,Arteries, Innominate,Artery, Innominate,Brachiocephalic Trunks,Innominate Arteries,Trunk, Brachiocephalic,Trunks, Brachiocephalic