Assertion: double aortic arch | /r/HasProperty | aortic arch anomaly
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text: A double aortic arch is the aortic arch anomaly most frequently associated with the development of airway and esophageal compression after birth.8,20 Among their series of aortic arch anomalies, most authors have reported that a double aortic arch was responsible for a higher number of cases with compressive symptoms in early childhood and the need for surgery compared to other anomalies causing rings, such as a right aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery3,5: the reason being the tightness of the vascular ring formed by both aortic arches passing over the respective bronchi to join at the thoracic descending aorta.