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  • D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA) with a Vascular Ring 
    • Apical 4 chamber sweep revealing D-TGA with aorta arising from right ventricle and pulmonary artery from left ventricle
    • Left aortic arch with a right sided PDA which forms a vascular ring encircling the trachea (starred structure at end of sweep)
  • D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA) with a Vascular Ring 
    • D-TGA with aorta arising from right ventricle and pulmonary artery from left ventricle
    • Left aortic arch with a right sided PDA which forms a vascular ring encircling the trachea (starred structure)
    • Aberrant right subclavian artery seen traveling rightward 
  • D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA) with a Vascular Ring 
    • D-TGA with aorta arising from right ventricle and pulmonary artery from left ventricle
    • Left aortic arch with a right sided PDA which forms a vascular ring encircling the trachea (starred structure)
  • D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA) with a Vascular Ring 
    • D-TGA with aorta arising from right ventricle and pulmonary artery from left ventricle
    • Left aortic arch with a right sided PDA which forms a vascular ring encircling the trachea (starred structure)
  • D-Transposition of the Great Arteries (D-TGA) with a Vascular Ring 
    • D-TGA with aorta arising from right ventricle and pulmonary artery from left ventricle
    • Left aortic arch with a right sided PDA which forms a vascular ring encircling the trachea (starred structure)
  • Fetal Vascular Ring
    • Apical 4 chamber sweep
    • Right aortic arch with a left-sided PDA
    • The right aortic arch and left sided ductal arch are seen encircling the trachea at the end of the sweep 
    • The trachea is represented by the starred structure at the end of the sweep
  • Fetal Vascular Ring
    • Right aortic arch with aberrant left subclavian artery and a left-sided PDA
    • The right aortic arch and left sided ductal arch are seen encircling the trachea
    • The trachea is represented by the starred structure
    • An aberrant left subclavian artery is seen
  • Fetal Vascular Ring
    • Right aortic arch with a left-sided PDA
    • The right aortic arch and left sided ductal arch are seen encircling the trachea
    • The trachea is represented by the starred structure
    • An aberrant left subclavian artery is seen traveling leftward
  • Fetal Vascular Ring
  • Apical 4 chamber sweep anteriorly towards outflow tracts
    • Right aortic arch with a left-sided PDA
    • The right aortic arch and left sided ductal arch are seen encircling the trachea
    • The trachea is represented by the starred structure
    • An aberrant left subclavian artery is seen
  • Fetal Vascular Ring
    • Apical 4 chamber sweep towards the outflow tracts
      • Right aortic arch with a left-sided PDA
      • The right aortic arch and left sided ductal arch are seen encircling the trachea
      • The trachea is represented by the starred structure
      • An aberrant left subclavian artery is seen
  • Double Aortic Arch (vascular ring)
    • 3 vessel view illustrating a double aortic arch with a dominant right arch (R) and hypoplastic left (L) arch
    • Left sided ductus arteriosus is present
    • The trachea is within the center of the ring and represented by the star 
  • Double Aortic Arch (vascular ring)
    • Sweep illustrating a double aortic arch with a dominant right arch (R) and hypoplastic left (L) arch
    • Left sided ductus arteriosus is present (seen at the end of the sweep)
    • The trachea is within the center of the ring 
  • Double Aortic Arch (vascular ring)
    • Dominant right arch (R) with hypoplastic left arch (L) seen encircling the trachea (represented by the star) with a left sided ductus arteriosus
  • Double Aortic Arch (vascular ring)
    • Dominant right arch (R) with hypoplastic left arch (L) seen encircling the trachea (represented by the star) with a left sided ductus arteriosus
  • Double Aortic Arch (vascular ring)
    • Dominant right arch (R) with hypoplastic left arch (L) seen encircling the trachea (represented by the star) with a left sided ductus arteriosus

These are fetal echocardiographic examples of a vascular ring

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