Ker, James A.2022-06-242021-12Ker, J. The arterial duct and the right aortic arch: telescope into the prenatal defective heart. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 37, 3397 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-021-02352-7.1569-5794 (print)1573-0743 (online)10.1007/s10554-021-02352-7https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/85945Progress in the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of congenital cardiovascular anomalies began when dr Helen Taussig founded the pediatric cardiology clinic at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1930 and the very first surgical procedure was the ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus by dr Robert Gross at the Children's Hospital in Boston in 1938. Since then an explosion of imaging innovations have kept pace with numerous surgical and percutaneous interventions in the treatment of congenital cardiovascular diseases.en© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. The original publication is available at : https://www.springer.com/journal/10554.Fetal cardiac imagingCongenital cardiovascular anomaliesPediatric cardiologyPrenatal defective heartArterial ductRight aortic archPostprint Article