introduction: the persian squirrel (sciurus anomalus) is the only member of the sciuridae family found in the middle east. some people maintain them as pets, thus their referrals to veterinary hospitals has been increased recently. several morphological studies have been carried out mainly on the arch of aorta and its branches in common rodents, small mammals, and domestic animals but there are...

We report a case of a 32-week-gestation male who presented initially with symptoms suggestive of an interrupted aortic arch. The absence of a VSD prompted further investigations, including a CT angiogram, which revealed that he had an extensive thrombus in his aorta. He underwent a successful aortic thrombectomy with arch repair on cardiopulmonary bypass support. In view of the extensive thromb...

Jury: Prof. dr. ir. Willy Sansen (Chairman) Prof. dr. ir. arch. Han Verschure Prof. dr. ir. arch Frank De Troyer Prof. dr. arch. Ana María de la Peña (Higher Polytechnical Institute J.A.Echeverría, Havana) Prof. dr. arch. Hans Rosenlund (University of Lund) Prof. dr. arch. Luc Verpoest dr. ir. Bert Blocken Prof. dr. ir. arch Jan Carmeliet Prof. dr. ir. arch. André De Herde (Université Catholiqu...