[Surgical treatment of anomalies of the thoracic aorta].

The surgical treatment of five patients aged from 15 to 25 years and affected with interrupted aortic arch without associated cardiac malformations is reported. Furthermore, 28 patients suffering from atresia of the aortic arch were operated upon. Vascular rings of the aorta were found with a double aortic arch in 4 children while 7 patients had an arteria lusoria.