Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery

[adriennelachaim]

I am 47 and was recently told I have a aberrant right subclavian artery. I am on an HMO and feel the primary doctor is not knowledgeable enough on this issue, and the radiologist who read my MRA said just leave it alone, because going for surgery would not be a good idea. However I am having some symptoms such as some reflux, pain in my upper back, and some slight chest pain. I also have very bad vertigo, which I was told is just benign positional vertigo and not to worry, I am trying to find some knowledged based doctors and foundations or even scientist and reasearch studies on this very rare congenital problem, if anyone can help please e-mail me at ***@****.

[matho]

Raleigh, NC - Wake Med Hospital

[theanim]

My son has the same abberant artery. Can you please message me the name of the surgeon that performed the surgery

[Anico19]

Did you ever get the name of the surgeon???

[Amyk16]

Just saw this. The name of the surgeon we used was Dr. Peter Manning. He was in Cincinnati at the time but I think he may have changed hospitals since then.

[matho]

Wake Med Hospital - Raleigh NC, Dr. Hoover Pediatric Surgeon and Dr. Boulton Cardiovascular Surgeon

[mooshybell]

Amy, I would love love to know who the dr you used was, I have this and am currently approaching 39 years old, symptoms are getting worse.  Thanks and glad your daughter is well

[Anico19]

Did you ever get the name of the surgeon???

[Anico19]

Did you ever get the name of the surgeon???

[matho]

Raleigh NC, Dr. Hoover Pediatric Surgeon and Dr. Boulton Cardiovascular Surgeon.

[Amyk16]

My infant daughter was diagnosed with aberrant right subclavian after constant reflux, grunting while swallowing, and choking spells.  She was not even able to get down the most diluted infant cereal.  Her gastroenterologist performed an endoscopy which showed that her esophagus was 80% compromised by the artery.  We went through quite a time convincing cardiologists that surgery needed to be done.  Many cardiothoracic surgeons throughout the nation have never even performed this surgery.  The widespread belief is that this type of anatomy does not contribute to swallowing difficulties or reflux.  I had to do a vast amount of research myself on the subject and found a wonderful surgeon in Cincinnati that had done 7 of these in the last few years with wonderful results.  We traveled there for the surgery in January and she has been absolutely symptom free from the moment she came out of surgery.  I would suggest researching on the subject if you feel that the symptoms are affecting your daily life.  If surgery is decided on.....be wary of the way the surgery is done.  Some surgeons will not reimplant the artery which has risks for neurological complications.  My daughter's surgeon reimplanted and only used one incision on the right side of the chest.  She was out of the hospital within two days.  Had we listened to many cardiologists advice, my daughter would not ever have been able to eat solid foods.   Go with your gut, and get 2nd, 3rd, 4th, opinions!!!  

[Suriname]

Please if you have the surgeon or anything information of what your daughter use my ten-year-old son has been since I has been symptomatic for for about 2-3 years now but they never could figure out they just figure it out in 2018 but no surgeon in Georgia Atlanta Georgia will touch him at all they said no they will not do it because they have not performed to just like you said and I am reaching out I'm willing to travel anything for my son I Know he will benefit from this my email address is ***@****

[matho]

The pediatric surgeons at Wake Med Childrens Pediatric Surgery will perform this surgery after all correct testing has been done.  They are located in Raleigh North Carolina.  Highly Recommend Dr. Hoover.  Performed on my daughter three months ag0 (she is already eating more varieties of foods, very little painful swallowing, reflux gone and fear of eating is going away).

[nelmsy]

I was recently diagnosed with an aberrant right subclavian with symptoms of: dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain in my chest behind my sternum, pain in my upper back, anxiety due to pressure in my chest...I was recommended to a Cardiothoracic surgeon who is going to perform a rare procedure to fix the problem.  I am in the medical field, along with many other family members and this is not something to look over or forget about.  As you age, you will have more severe symptoms as the majority of the .5%of the population that has this congenital defect do not experience symptoms until they are elderly.  Do you have difficulty swallowing?  Sorry for the note, but I feel you are misguided by your family and radiologist.  I can put you in touch with people who actually know about the disorder if you would like.

[Suriname]

Hi my name is Natasha mother to a 10year old boy that has has always been a slow eater I'm noticed that around Age 5 but 2016 he started pushing away food a lot more and I kept going in and out of the hospital with a lot of chest pain no results they couldn't figure out what was going on fast forward in 2018 March of 2018 they figure out they did a a test and figure out what was causing the problem but he was showing symptoms of it already but I didn't know what it was I didn't have any answers he actually had some other stuff going on as well but he passed out went to eaglestone Children's Healthcare and nobody will do the surgery for him because of the risk of the surgery but he's so systematic where he will not eat he will not eat is painful for him to swallow it's not that the food won't go down it's just that is very painful for him to eat so point where he's not growing he's he looks like a 7 year old boy you know and it's just difficult for Mom I'm in Georgia and neurosurgeon or cardiac surgeon will touch him due to the risk of of not having any you know relief from the surgery that's what they believe so my test is to go out of state and find a surgeon if you know anything please help me point me in the right direction

[adriennelachaim]

Thanks much for the reply. I agree with you, I spoke with a cousin last night who is a cardiologist and he said the same exact thing.
God Bless

[maggiemag]

Well I also have an aberrant right subclavian artery and a quite large aneurysmal dilitation of the left subclavian.  They cause no problems except when I went to have a defibrillator implanted they found I also have a left persistent superior vena cava, which they couldn't get in on the left side and were unable to on the right due to the aberrancy of the vessel made it so torturous that they couldn't make the turn they needed to .  In any event, I really doubt that any of your health issues are related to your aberrant vessel.  It would just be a congenital defect with no consequences.  The radiologist is probably right.  Not to worry!  A lot of these things would never be found except for the advanced technology now, and many times just cause unnecessary worry.